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Josefina
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
29
workCampaign
UBI
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23rd Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
The idea is to keep growing in the livestock business. When the goats increase in number, I can sell a few let's say four and then buy a cow. The process will replicate until I have lots of livestock. This way, I can always liquidate to get cash for other emerging issues.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Before the transfers were sent, I never knew I would one-day own goats for rearing. I have desired to invest in livestock raising because my paps used to do that while we were growing and it supported us in terms of raising school fees and getting food for upkeep. I am hoping that this will help me raise money for our household expenditure as well and that I can support my siblings with school fees so that they can stop staying home as they have been due to lack of school fees.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months God willing I will have bought a cow after disposing of four of my goats. I am also intending to clear the school fees arrears of my siblings and purchase household shopping for my household to have them lead a comfortable life.
 
19th 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?
Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I have achieve most of my goals. I have bought a cow, stated business of selling beans and I am also saving to start another business of hiring plastic seats. The financial support from GiveDirectly has been immense. I will be forever grateful.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal is to buy plastic seats for hire. It is a lucrative business and being that fewer people are doing it in the village. I want to take advantage of the opportunity in order to get income.
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 purchasing a cow. I have been desiring to have one in my life but I was not able to make this dream to reality due to financial constraints. Truly, this is a big investment for me because I foresee selling milk in the future for financial gain.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My expectation in the next six months is to have started hiring platics seats at a cost. Right now I have a plan of purchasing two each month courtesy of GiveDirectly's transfer. I believe that this will definitely improve the living standard of my family.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, I have a business that can generate more income. I depend less on casual labour to help generate income to improve our standards of living. This was also tedious as the work was much and earned us a meagre income which could not last us a day.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do have a new goal of saving to buy plastic chairs that I can use to start a chair hiring services to help boost my sources of income.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I have always wanted to venture into livestock rearing for financial security as I can sell the milk to generate income for my family. The biggest difference in my life is that I have been able to save and buy a cow. This cow can provide milk for sale which can help boost my income which means an upgrade in our lifestyle as a family.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to save the transfers and buy plastic chairs to start up a chair hiring business to help in generating income for my family. This means my family will never lack food on the table each and every day.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Previously, I had to wait until the rainy season to sell seeds to the farmers, and if bad went to worse, we had to sell our farm produce to enable us to buy food for our family which could also make us lack food for ourselves because we had nothing in stock to feed on after selling everything. This is no longer the case as the money we receive enables us to purchase basic needs without having to sell our farm produce or even wait until the rains come for us to sell the seeds and buy food for the family. We always have food all through nowadays.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have a new goal of purchasing plastic hire chairs for hire. These will make me make profits to supplement my wages that are too little to comfortably meet our family needs.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I do casual jobs and occasionally sell seeds to farmers that earn me so little and cannot allow me to feed my self comfortably let alone support my family. This has changed in the last four months. With the money I am receiving from GiveDirectly, I am able to supplement my wages and ensure my family gets a decent meal. There are some little comfort and peace someone has when you are assured of the next meal.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I am hopeful that the plastic chairs will have been purchased in large number and ready for hire. By that time, profits shall have started streaming in and the family lifestyle shall have improved.
 
7th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, I am independent, I can walk to a shop and pick a dress of my choice. I can comfortably put food on my table with ease.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I desire to farm in the near future.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I no longer have to borrow money whenever I lack money. This makes me a happy person thanks to GD's unconditional transfer.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have farmed and I will expect a bumper harvest this will give me fincial freedom.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to save from monthly transfers to buy plastic chairs that i can rent out for functions to get money for family upkeep.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it used to be because am now at peace as i am receiving transfers and is able to afford to fulfill all the dreams i have.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next months as i will have saved towards buying plastic chairs to start off my business through the transfers.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily is that i was able to buy a chicken which i can rear and sell later.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I faced was in early 2017 when I developed a strange disease that for a long time could not be managed or treated. This stressed me and my family as we spent a lot of money,yet could not find the cure to my sickness. I am glad that after a long struggle, I'm now doing well.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest time of my day is late in the afternoon when my siblings are back from school and can assist me with other household chores.This is the time i can also take a break from all the day's work and rest.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on purchasing plastic chairs that I will hire out for functions at a reasonable fee. I plan to achieve this by saving my transfers for a period of six months on M-shwari.I will use the rest of the transfer to improve my family's farm produce by hiring a tractor for farm cultivation,buying fertilizer and hiring casual laborers to help in farm work.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement was when I assisted my parents to build their house by buying them 10 iron sheets to add to what they already bought.I am happy to see my family living in a descent house, especially knowing that I contributed towards that.