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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 buying a bull for ploughing. I had bought some, before,but I felt they were not enough so I added one worth 22000 KES. The remaining I have saved for my rice plantation. I am glad I am able to take care of my farm. Thank you GiveDirectly.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent the larger part of my second transfer on buying two oxen for cultivation purposes . I enrolled my child to a high school . I also bought fertilizers to put on my farm and one sack of maize to feed on with my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest differences in my life is that I now have two oxen for cultivation and I no longer practice labor exchange hence I now use lesser time on farming activities.My child is going to school comfortably and I have enough food to feed on.Thanks to GiveDirectly.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the first transfer on buying farm inputs 2,600KES ,clothes for my wife 1,000KES, shoes for my wife 5,00KES and food for the family 2900KES.I also paid cultivation fees 3,000KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to spend the upcoming transfer on paying school fees for next time to my children and pay off dowry..
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on settling fees arrears for our first born who sat his forth form exams and has his certificate still held in school lastly I will have my wife take some teaching course since that has been her dream.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of is building our current house since we used to live in a thatched house which would leak during rainy seasons but now we sleep peacefully when it rains.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship currently is on clearing the arrears our child accumulated at his former school which has seen his certificate held until the arrears are cleared.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I'm grazing my cattle in the evening,this always makes me busy for the rest of the day after spending better part of the morning in the farm.
