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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($467 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on my sugarcane farm. I decided to plant sugarcane because we have a sugar factory near our home and when they mature up I will sell to factory and get money for income. The remaining portion of the money I took to school for my children in order for them not to be sent back home for fee arrears.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($486 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on buying two calves to start a livestock farming, paid school fee for my child in form one to help facilitate her education, fitted a steel door and window to my house to help enhance security and bought two bags to sustain my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my live is that Am now able to pay school fee for my child and I have livestock of my own.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($98 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy a new mattress, bought one sack of maize and also food for my family.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
My house has no good chairs so am planning to buy chairs, part of it to pay school fee for my child, and also to buy livestock which will always be a reminder to me of what givedirectly did to me and my family.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Firstly, we plan to use part of the transfer to buy four bulls, that would help us to plough our farms, and two cows that would provide us with milk. Secondly, we intend to use another part of the transfer to buy new iron-sheets, to replace the ones on the roof of this house, because the house leaks when it rains. Lastly, we plan to use the remaining amount to start a small business of selling grains such as maize and beans for family income.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am very proud of is, having bought two bulls, with savings I made after selling sugar cane which I planted.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we have faced is providing food for our family, because of insufficient source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening, when I am preparing supper for my family with anticipation that, they would eat.
