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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($250 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal for the next four months is to save money to build a extension room for visitors .
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest in my daily life preceding the current transfer is that I have a better and spacious house. I depend on casual jobs in the town. The amount of money I get through this casual job is so small and I was not able to build a house. I also do small scale farming and the produce from the farm is only enough for consumption. whenever I had visitors I couldn't host them comfortably. Currently, I have a better house and I live so comfortably without stress. The amount of money I get nowadays I save it to buy farm inputs. I'm so happily because my living standard has changed to be better.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in that I will have saved enough to buy a dairy cow. I will be selling the milk at the shopping center to earn some income .
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time almost 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 these transfers have enabled me to complete my own house and buy sheep.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have married and improve crop farming.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different because I have completed my house.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I am planning to marry and increase my poultry.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Am an orphan.I lost my mother in 2006 and shortly after father died in 2007.I was left with my four siblings and since then we have had to fend for ourselves.Not having parents to look up to has been really difficult for me and sometimes even getting basic needs becomes difficult.This is the biggest harship I have faced
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.When I am done with my work for the day,i take a stroll to the nearby town.Meeting and greeting friends makes me really happy and relaxed
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Am planning to spend the transfer in buying 4 sheep to rear.The remaining amount I will use to complete a house which i had started building but have not completed it due to lack of money
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
In 2016,I planted potatoes on my 0.3 acre piece of land left to me by my deceased parents.When it was time to harvest,it was bountful and from it I made a sale of Kes 25,000.With this money i bought a heifer which i keep now.This is the achievement I am proudest of
