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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($247 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
It is unfortunately or fortunately that I do not have any new or additional goal because I have achieved most of the things I was willing to have.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l have managed to put up a nice and spacious kitchen which serves as a sleeping room for my grandchildren. They no longer spend their night at the neighbor's house as they used to do before. My family now have a very nice place for preparing meals for family and I now have peace of mind my spouse does not bother me anymore about the kitchen . I also have a better place to keep my cattle like sheep and goats, which I was staying with in the same and this was causing uncomfortable because of the bad smell.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I will continue enjoying the milk I am getting from the cow i bought using give directly's money.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have been able to buy a cow and also built a kitchen which I never had before.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My life will change because I will have bought new chickens and also plastered the new house that I already built.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different because I now have a cow, something that I never had before.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My goal right now includes cementing the new kitchen which recently built. I also want to buy another a new stock of
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in life is that I don't have a proper source of income to support my family yet I am the sole bread winner.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is at noon while resting after working in my maize farm.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buy buying farm inputs and also to build a kitchen where my grandchildren can sleep comfortably without feeling uncomfortable during rainy seasons.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is building an iron roofed house in my own compound despite being retrenched from work in 1999.
