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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($476 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent most of the third transfer to pay school fee arrears for my children who are in second school after they were sent home for school fee arrears. I also spent the transfer to pay hospital bill for my mother who was very sick. The remaining balance l spent to fix steel door in my house for security purposes.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent 20000 KES of my second transfer to pay school fees for my son in secondary school. I built a new house so i spent 8000 KES to buy fifteen iron sheets,I spent 11600 KES to bu timber,i paid 4000 KES for labour,the water i used cost me 2000 KES and murram at 5000KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is that my son is in school and i now have a bigger and better house unlike the old one.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
We spent 5,000 KES to pay school fees, bought a table for 3,000 KES and spent 1,000 KES on medical expenses. The rest was spent on buying food.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
We are planning to enlarge our house and plaster the walls and floor.
Enrolled
access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to use my transfer to purchase a fishing boat so as to be able to generate more income and to be self employed, purchase household furniture such as chairs, pay my son's high school fee. I will use the remaining amount to expand my house because it's small.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that I have worked hard as a fisherman so that my children get basic education and I am happy that my son is currently in third form.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to properly educate and feed my family because I have no reliable source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is the morning when I am at the lake working and interacting with my colleagues because that makes me relaxed.
