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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53075 KES ($525 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have a decent and spacious house. I used to live in a small grass-thatched house that was leaking from the inside and the same house could not host all of us comfortably. Its a taboo in our culture to sleep in our house with grown-up children and this was giving me stress because I could take them to my neighbor's house to spend a night there which was so risky. When I received the money from GiveDirectly I built two good and spacious houses that host all of us comfortably. My children are no longers expose to cold at night. I no longer fear to welcome visitors to my house because I have a place to host them.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does well by giving out cash to the poor to improve their standard of living. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spend part of my second transfer to built a kitchen house, I had an old kitchen which I was being rained on, I also bought a dairy cow and the rest of the money I used it to buy food and clothes for my family members.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($546 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness since my children no longer go sleep in other peoples homes since I have been able to build a bigger house for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was so happy the moment I received this money since I had never handled such a huge amount of money before.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to build a house for my family and used the remaining 20000 KES to buy a calf.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a house and buy a cow.I feel very excited.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.It feels good when we are home together as a family after a busy day.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was five years ago when we harvested barely anything from our farms.This was as a result of a crop disease.We had no money to buy food and I had five children to feed.We had to forego or even skip some of the meals.
