We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($469 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I was staying in a five iron roofed house,it was so squeezed for my growing family,so when I received my third transfer, I spent most of it buying building materials that I used to construct a new house. I have a more spacious house. A sixteen iron roofed house. The remaining I spent on buying food for my family consumption. I have evident changes in my household now from the transfers.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on buying a 7 seater sofa set at 17,000 KES,a table at 3,000 KES,a goat and its young one at 4,000 KES, a mattress at 4,000 KES, a sack of maize at 4,000 KES, 5 iron sheets at4,000 KES,invested 5,000 KES in my husband tomato growing business did shopping worth 7,000 KES and paid 1,000 KES on transport expenses.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is being able to fend for my family adequately ,thanks to the transfers.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I paid 8,000KES debt, and bought a bag for keeping clothes @1,800KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to buy iron sheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house for my family.
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to use part of the pay VSLA group loan then use the remaining to buy building materials and build a three roomed house finally open a cloth selling business.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement am proudest of is buying household items out of the small money I get from the casual work I do.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship am facing is I don't have any source of income and I live in a very small house. I need a house yet I don't have the money to build.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am doing my household chores.
