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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I feel so happy and proud my spouse managed to pay my dowry.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, i expect to have bought building materials for constructing my home.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently diffferent from the way it would have been had I not received money from GiveDirectly in that if it wasn't for GD I wouldn't be sleeping in comfortable bedding. My spouse too wouldn't have paid my dowry.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I have a new goal of constructing my home. I couldn't do this because as per our tradition one can't construct a home before paying dowry. Now that my spouse paid dowry I now want to construct a home.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 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?
We have been married for almost ten years with my spouse, but my he has never managed pay my bride price for lack of money to do. So my new dream is to help him at least pay my dowry. At least we shall have completed traditional requirements.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My current life is different in that we are able to get those things we always wanted. The basics in life courtesy of GiveDirectly.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,I expect my social life to shall have improved from how it is now. I shall have gained some respecct.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I could never welcome visitors to my bedroom. My bedding were an embarrassment. My bedding were worn out,almost in tatters.Until I received this transfer from GiveDirectly that made me face lift my bedroom. I managed to buy new bedding.
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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 faced is having an unreliable source of income which has made it difficult to provide my family's basic needs or even pay my daughter's secondary school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening after my day's activities and I have food for my family. I always feel happy when my children have something to eat for supper.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my daughter's secondary school fees, and spend the remaining amount on buying bedding (bed, mattress and blanket).
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of was harvesting four bags of sorghum and two bags of maize 2 years ago from my farm. Through this, my family had enough food for a long period of time.
