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Isack
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kenya
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faceAge:
18
workCampaign
UBI
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17th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have a plan of buying a new coach to add to the already existing furniture in my house which I recently built. Right now I have the plastic chairs which are only two in number and I do not feel comfortable it is the best I can do. I have to save as much as I can so as to be able to buy the new coach within the shortest time possible from today.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I built a new house even though it is a grass thatched house as opposed to the iron-roofed house that I would have loved to acquire. I am however happy that I eventually got to move out of my brother's house where I used to live in the past. Living independently away from my brother's care and accommodation is the greatest feeling so far.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My life will have gone through a change because six months from now I will have bought the seat and of course I will have a place to sit on and welcome my visitors when they come to pay me a visit.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
I am a more happy person at this moment because I now have furniture in my house. Months ago, I had no chairs or even a table which was tough especially during meal times. Over the past four months, I have managed to save most of my transfers and bought a table and a few seats which makes me proud as a man and gives me the strength to keep struggling to buy more in future.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I still need a lot of household stuff such as more seats and even utensils. I wish to spend most of my transfers on such items so that when the project is over, I will be at a better place as a household with most of the basic and critical requirements so that we don't have to borrow from our neighbours when we have visitors.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I did not have a house last year which left me with no choice but to work hard and sacrifice most of my transfers to be able to put up one. After a long struggle, I eventually saved enough money that enabled me to buy the required materials which I used to construct a house towards the end of last year. Then came the other problem of the lack of furniture in my new house, which forced me to borrow some stools from my mother's house. I can say that within the past four months, the biggest difference I have seen in my daily life is having my own set of furniture and I don't have to shy from hosting my friends in my house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I still have to borrow most items which I hope I will have bought in the next six months. These are items such as utensils that I have to borrow especially when I have visitors. I hope that in the coming six months, I will have purchased most of these critical household items so that when the project is over, I will be at a better place.
 
11th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from the way it was four months ago in that I now own a house and a bed. I, therefore, can sleep comfortably knowing that they are mine. This makes me feel so proud of my self and I'm happy I'm now independent. Thanks to GD for the support.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
For the next four months of my life, I have a new goal of saving for seats. Previously I couldn't budget for seats because I didn't have a house thus there's nowhere I could take them. Now that I have a house I'm motivated to buy seats. This will make me happier and feel independent.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I feel proud and at peace. This is because I managed to save the previous transfers and constructed a house, so I do not sleep in brother's house anymore. It was hectic and inconveniencing to look for a sleeping place whenever he came back from town with his family because we couldn't fit the small house, furthermore, he needed his privacy too.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months of my life, I expect to have bought enough seats so that I won't borrow seats from anyone because currently, I do not own any seat.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l now have my own house, l no longer sleep at my brother's house any more.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
In the next four months to come l am planing to buy furniture since l do not have any thing to sit on.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l can comfortably said that without GD l could still be sleeping at my brother's house, because l was not able to even put up a simple thatched roofed house like the one l have now. I am sleeping very comfortably on a bed and a mattress that l could not dream that on one day l will sleep on, just because of GD.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have started my project of building iron roofed house being that it is the biggest dream that l have now.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4560 KES ($45 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy iron sheets soon enough without having to struggle to mine gold to raise that money.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,I expect my life to have changed with my family staying in an iron roofed house.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
How life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer is that I am sure of building an iron roofed.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to build an iron roofed house.
 
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access_time over 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship in my life is feeding my family. Since my mother is a widow I have to work hard in the mine to get money to feed both mum and my wife. Its not easy as we have no modern equipment to be used in the mine being that I dropped out of school at class four when my father died I must endure all kinds of odd jobs to put food on the table.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is usually in the evening. At the mining we face a lot of risk, and to survive is by grace and therefore that is a big reason to be happy, I would be lying if I do not say part of that happiness is because we get paid in the evening and able to buy food for the family.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Gold mining
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is building my house from the mining little savings. I have had to sleep with my wife in my brothers house where i found it difficult as the house was very small for us to share.