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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($246 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now staying in a nice plastered house, after being the talk of the day that I will never stay in a plastered house in my life being that I am built a very big house.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to start saving from my business of selling fish and spend the money to buy plastering materials and complete plastering the house that I had started. I could not complete plastering my house because of lack of money, but now I am very sure I will complete it being that I had started through give directly support.
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 that l was able to plaster my house using the money I received from give directly . I am now happy because I am staying in a nice plastered house where I am very comfortable that l can even sit down on the floor because the floor is very neat as compared to before when the floor was very dusty. The floor is now very easy to clean and also to maintain, I no longer walk in people's door looking for cow dang to repair the floor every now and then as I used to do.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have started saving the money and planing to start plastering the remaining part of the house that I did not plaster.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($255 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?
Currently I do not have a new goal.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I now have my own house and I no longer budget for rent as before.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I would want to buy steel doors and windows in my house and even to plaster the house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have been longing to have a good house but since I did not have enough money, I was not able to build one. Since I received this transfer, I was able to achieve this dream.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have ever faced in life has been paying school fees for my children. Sometimes they stay longer back home due to school fees arrears since what I get from my business cannot fully pay for their whole year's fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when a number of customers walk in my shop to buy goods, this is when I am assured of good sales.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to use the transfers to build a new house back home and move to stay there because we're are currently staying in a rental house that makes us spend a lot of money in paying the rental fee.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
I have managed to cater for my children's education costs alongside other expenses with the profits I earn from my small business.
