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Debora
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Casual labour
faceAge:
33
workCampaign
Standard Kenya
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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?
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l am now staying in a very nice spacious iron roofed house where I no longer complain about raining rather and it has become as a blessing to me because I am able to collect rainny water from my iron roofed house. My children also learning very comfortably they are not worried of being sent home and their performance has also improved a lot. I am happy I no longer borrow seats from my neighbors any more as I used to do before .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion give directly did very well by giving people money directly and not involving authorities, because I was very sure there could be alot of corruption. They also did very well by giving people phones since there are some people who have never own a phone and this was a very good opportunity to them.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of the second transfer to complete building my house that I had started building with the second transfer. The house was left half way because of lack of enough money. I am happy because I have managed to complete my spacious iron roofed house, I no longer stay in a thatched leaky house where I was being rained on, the house also was too small to accommodate me with my family and this was facing me to seek for accommodation for my children from my neighbor's house. I also spent most of the transfer to pay school fee for my child who was join secondary. This was a very big relief to me and my family because I also had other children who I was paying for their school fee and yet I do not have any stable income. My child was almost dropping out of school because of lack of school but I am happy my child has managed to join secondary. The remaining balance I spent to buy very nice furniture being that I did not have comfortable seats to sit on. I was always embarrassed mostly when I have visitors because I had to borrow seats from my neighbors.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($547 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My biggest difference in my daily life is that currently my house is no longer leaking and my children can feed well unlike before putting food on the table was hustle.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was more than excited to receive such amount of money. Being my first time, I was so happy. I saw my building dream come true.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I did spend my transfer to build a house. I have been rained on for a very long time. I had a grass thatched house that was leaking hence upon receiving the transfer I went directly to a hardware and bought building materials.
 
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access_time almost 6 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy iron sheets that will be used for renovating my leaking house, part of the transfer will be spent on paying school fees for my child who is joining secondary school next year and the remainder will be spent on buying a cow.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I manage to secure some casual job on a sugarcane plantation. This makes me happy because I am able to buy food for my family when I get paid while saving the rest of the cash for emergencies.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face in my life is that getting food for my family is a challenge because as a casual labourer, I depended on Chemelil factory which unfortunately collapsed forcing me to look for alternative income source which is not easy to find at the moment.