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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53075 KES ($517 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?
Had it not for the transfers from GiveDirectly, I wouldn't have bought chicken which are currently my main source of income.
Had it not for money, I would not have bought a cow that is providing milk for my family. Sometimes I also sell milk for income. My children are now happy, their health improved and I nolonger face stress which usually comes out of lack of money.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly does good by offering financial support to poor people to help them rise beyond their means in terms of unconditional cash transfers. There is really nothing that GD does wrong! We are grateful that this assistance came to us in this time that we needed it most.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent the second transfers in paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school. I also bought a cow since I had none yet its been my wish to own one.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($546 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference is that my children are now back in school after staying back home. I now got sound sleep as I have no stress having paid full school feesfor my children.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received money from Give Directly I got happiness as my children had been sent home for school fes and hadno cash.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
My first transfer I spent to pay school fees for my children. I spent the other portion to buy 14 chicken and two sheep. I also built a poultry house with KES 3000. I spent the rest to buy food for my family.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money will be the greatest thing that ever happened in my life. I will use it to pay school fee for my two children in secondary school and start a poultry business.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of the day is in the morning when we as a family wake up health that is when we thank God for the gift of life.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I ever faced in my life is struggling to keep my children in school, I depend on subsistence farming to provide for my family and we have been experiencing low farm production since 2011, this has been made it harder provide for them.
