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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($465 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on buying building materials that I used to build a new house for my children, before they used to sleep in my neighbors which I felt was not secure. I also bought them bedding them and furniture. The house in now complete.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($482 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I enrolled my son in a secondary school with my second transfer worth 20000 KES and built for them a semi-permanent house of 22 iron sheets. I am glad that my beloved children can learn and at the same time get a place to sleep.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life that I can mention is peace and happiness that I have acquired since my child started schooling more effectively. Initially, paying for him school fees was a problem since poverty had been a stumbling block for our success in life.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($98 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spend the larger part of my first transfer on cultivating rice hence from the yields, I can sell some of the yields and pay school fees for my children. I also spent some of the transfer on buying one sack of maize and household items like charcoal.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to spent the upcoming lumpsum payment on building a decent house because the one am staying in at the moment, it is made of mud and this makes it really costly in terms of smearing it every now and then. I am also planning to spend part of the transfer on enrolling one of my children in high school.
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access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to use the transfer to pay for my child school fees because she is joining form one next year. Secondly , I intend to buy a cow. Thirdly, I intend to start a small business of selling grains especially maize.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that from the casual work, I have been able to buy two sheep.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is that my source of income is low to sustain my family and to pay school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when I come back from my casual work and sit together with my children
