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23rd Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do not have any additional goal over the next four months except to continue paying school fees for my brother who is finishing his secondary education this year. After finishing this, then I can think of other investments that will benefit me from these transfers.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life that has occurred over the last four months and even beyond is the payment of school fees for my brother. I have dedicated KES 1000 every month towards payment of his school fees and this has kept him in school at all times. I never thought I could be able to keep him in school but GiveDirectly has enabled me to keep this promise and assure him of a brighter future.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I shall have cleared school fees for my brother and this will give me an opportunity to think about other meaningful investments that will change my life as well.
20th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do not have any other plans apart from paying school fees for my brother. I wouldn't want him to pass the challenges which I passed through. I believe that when he gets a good education he would have a good life in future. He will be able to get a good job and support us one day.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
In the last four months, I have been spending my transfers on paying school fees for my brother who is in high school. Before GiveDirectly came, I used to struggle a lot to raise his school fee. I decided to use my transfers to pay the fee to ensure that he would study without being distracted by being sent home more often. I took this initiative so as to give him the best education unlike which I had. Mine was somehow full of challenges since I used to be regularly sent home for fees since my parents couldn't afford to pay school fees on time. I believe his performances will become better now that he will have ample time to study.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I believe I would have paid half next year's school fees for my brother. This means I will be at peace and focus on my other personal activities. At least for the first time, I will not be worried about where to get the money to pay for the fee arrears. This will allow him to have humble time in school and focus on his studies.
16th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 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 in that my farming practices have improved. With the transfers, I have begun adding topdressing fertilizers on my maize and tea plantation. This resulted in the increased harvest which means food security for my family is assured. Also, I have been able to hire people to help in plucking tea for me, something that I could not afford previously.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
Additional goals for my life in the next four months is to ensure I continue with the good farming practices which include topdressing my crops. This will result in increased and good quality harvest.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I no longer pluck my tea alone in my plantation. Nowadays I have enough money which enables me to afford to pay laborers who help me with this kind of work. This has given me extra time to concentrate on other income generating activities. I also note that, previously, I used to spend most of my transfer on purchase of food but after I started topdressing my maize plantations courtesy of the transfers that I received, my yields have increased and this means I no longer spend more money in buying food since I now have enough to last my family till the next harvest.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect my life to have improved in that I shall have harvested increased produce which will be enough to sell the surplus so that I can use the money in providing other household necessities to my family. I also expect to have an increase in the quantity of green tea leaves that will increase the amount my monthly earning out of distributing them in the nearby factory for pay and in turn, use this my salary to do other developments at home.
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, I got to save the money which I would have spent on paying school fees for my brother. The money which I do save I am planning to a business so that I can get another source of income rather than my formal job.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
At the moment, I do not have any additional goal in the next four months reason being that my brother is still at school and I will be spending all my next transfers to support his education.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The greatest difference in my daily life is the burden which I had paying of paying school fees for my brother has reduced. The monthly transfer which I have been getting from GD, I spend on paying school fees for him. Before I could spare part of my salary to pay his school fees and would hardly remain with for savings. Now I get to save some money which has to help me to take care of my personal needs.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months six months I would have completed paying school fees for the whole year. Since he is on his last year of study I will be more relieved and that the transfer which I will be receiving then I will be saving to start a business come next year.
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is different because I continue to enjoy relief in paying school fees . I dont use my entire farm proceeeds bbecause I top it up with what I get from Thse transfers.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I don't have any additional goals but just to continoue paying school fees my brother
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my life is that Ithas reduced the burden of padying school fees for my brother.It releives me from hvaving to pay alot o fmionye from my farm proceeds.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
Nothing much will have changed in the next six months because my brother is still going to be in school at that time. He is going to rely on me for the next two years which still remains my goal to pay his school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 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?
Since i have been assured of monthly transfers, i want to borrow a loan to start a small business and use the monthly transfers to service the loan.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life has changed in that i am more excited in developing myself with the aid of Givedirectly. I have put in place things that i wan to start doing through the empowerment of the organization.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to be more comfortable and living a more better lifestyle than i am currently because i will have more than one source of income.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Nothing much has changed in my daily life but i am excited that we are getting an helping hand from Givedirectly.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I ever faced is when I almost dropped out of school due to lack of school fees, my parents are peasant farmers, they were not able to pay it, they had to borrow loan from my neighbors to settle out my school fee.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up healthy with a peace of mind as I can plan my daily duties well.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to improve my tea farming by buying quality fertilizer and paying the labourers working on the farm.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
One thing that I am so proud of so far is my education level, I hold a degree certificate from university, this makes me so proud because I can hustle out and secure my self a well paying job, thus improving my economic status.