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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53150 KES ($442 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My goal is to add more livestock if I get some money. This is because I desire to invest in livestock. After all, they are safe to look after and can be converted to monetary value if the need arises. This is why I bought some in both transfers and I aim to buy more.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to pay school fees for my children who were out of school. Through the transfers, I was able to invest and now I am raring some goats which is a security for my children's education. The organization did well and as a village, we are happy about it.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Being a parent of five school-going children, the priority of the second transfer was to pay school fees for my children. The push which made me work on this is that they were three days out of school for fees. Therefore, I paid KES 30000.00 for the first one who is in secondary school and KES 12000.00 for the remaining four who are in primary school. Thereafter, I added two goats for KES 8000.00 to the ones I bought using the first transfer to boost my livestock investment. For the remaining amount, I bought some food for the family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($478 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was at home doing cleaning when I received the transfer message. My husband was in the house when and I couldn't afford not to share these good news with him. We literally danced because joy that we had. That was good news to us.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Previously, some of my kids were sleeping on cartons which was not comfortable at all as they would oftenly complain of back pains. Ever since I bought a mattress they have been enjoying their sleep as they never wake up early as they used to do.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
We have been sharing a very small space with our five kids in our single room. My husband is a local beer seller while I'm a house wife. Although our desire was to build a bigger house for our family, the daily local beer sells that he was earning averaging to 300 KES per day is not enough to provide basic needs, pay school fees and save towards building a house. when I was enrolled in the program, my husband and I agreed to buy building materials with part of the first transfer and build a house with the second transfer. I spend 30000 KES to buy iron sheets and other building materials, 11000 KES to buy a cow and the balance to buy food and other household items such as mattress and utensils. If it was not for the transfers, all this would not have been achievable and I'm grateful for the financial support.
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access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means a decent house for my family. Currently, I do sleep in a single room house with two of my children. The other three children sleep in a neighboring compound. This situation has affected me so much that's why I will use my first transfer to put up a two roomed house for my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
During the Christmas season I was able to sell one if my cows and I used that money to pay school fees for my children. It was something I had never imagine and I really felt happy about it.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
School fees is the burden am currently going through. My husband is jobless and depend on any casual labor that will come up. It has been very difficult to save money for school fees because of that situation. So most of the time, my children are sent home and sometimes they miss their exams. Their performance has dropped which is so bad for them.
