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I dug and built a permanent latrine with 35000 KES of my first lumpsum transfer, I paid secondary school fees for my son with 10000 KES and we spent the remaining 5000 KES on food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I have an improved sanitation in courtesy of GD; I have now built my own latrine and therefore I never seek for both long and short calls in the nearby bush. And therefore since then we have never had any cholera incidence, the biggest difference in my daily life.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the transfer on buying a calf ksh 7000, school fees 2000 and spent balance on meals .
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to build a permanent toilet, buy chairs too and clear school fees.
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for my son who is in high school. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy oxen plough and bulls which we will use to plough our farms. We plan to spend the transfer to construct a toilet
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Our proudest achievement is that we have worked hard and managed to build a house. Our house got burnt some years back and so we lived in a temporary shelter. We later worked very hard and built a new house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we have huge fee balance for our children in school. It has been hard for us because we don't have a stable source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when am weeding my crops.
