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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($462 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I have a daughter in secondary school, so I spent part of my third transfer on paying her school fees arrears she owed the school. The remaining I spent on buying materials that I used to build a house for my son who has now become of age and should have his own house according to tradition.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($485 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of the second transfer to build a spacious comfortable house that accommodate me with my family member, since l was staying in a very small house. The remaining balance I spent to buy 1 sack of maize.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l am now staying in a very spacious comfortable house with my family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent most of my transfer to pay school fees for my child who is in high school. I also bought a bag of maize for my family's consumption.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received the money, I was very happy and could not believe that I actually received the money.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I would like to build an outside kitchen family.My children can sleep in because our main house is small.Secondy, l would like to use part of the transfer on fencing my home with barbed wire to increase security.The remaining amount l will to buy some goats.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My biggest achievement is being able to take my children to primary school.Out of my profits from as a fisherman in Lake Victoria, l buy them food,clothes and take them to hospital when sick.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship is life is making ends meet.In the past months, l have been getting low profits due to reduction of number of fish in Lake Victoria. In addition to that,this year we did not get any harvest because poor rains.
Food prices have increased drastically.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the evening when taking supper with my family.
