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Peter
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Other
faceAge:
20
workCampaign
UBI
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17th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 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?
I have a new vision which is to buy more iron sheets which will play a vital role when I finally get to construct a new house within the near future sure. Buying the iron sheets has never been an easy thing due to limited finances but I know that with focus and determination, it will turn out to be a reality.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
the biggest difference is that I have been able to pay school fees for the entire year which I could not have paid were it not for the cash transfers. The school management had withheld my certificate due to school fees arrears which I had incurred when I was a student at that institution.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My life will change because I have a vision of starting a small scale business for my wife who will be running the business premises on behalf of the family. this business venture will supplement our income going into the future.
 
14th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
I am proud to stay my family is now financially stable and we are staying a peaceful life. We are now eating well because the little money I get from casual work specifically goes to food and clothing and also we supplement with what we get from the farm. Since I spent part of my transfer to improve my farm work like buying hybrid seeds and fertilizer, we managed to get a bumper harvest and thus we have enough food in store which has never happened to me before.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
Currently, I have no new goal this is because I am still saving toward my initial goal of building a better house. I would say I am almost through with saving and hopefully very soon I will be staying in a better house than the one I am currently in(grass roofed that is seriously leaking).
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 we longer sleep hungry unlike before life was so hard that we could not afford three meals in a day. We depend on casual work for survival whish is also not reliable, because at times you work the whole day fro alater pay. Life was hard on me, but I really thank Give Directly because of Iam able to buy food for my family with a lot of ease. We have a good relationship with my family members and we are staying a happy life.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I am planning to open a shop business in the next six month. I thought of it because I have no any income-generating activity and I have the ability and the financial resource, I thought of it. I believe I will have an additional source of income that will enable me to support my family financially with a lot of ease.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, my life is different in that I have been able to buy a goat. with the goat, I believe I will earn an extra income to buy a cow by replacing the goats that shall have reproduced in the foreseen future by selling some of them. With the dairy cow, I will have enough supply of milk hence I won't buy milk from other people in the village as I do right now.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have an additional goal is to part of the upcoming transfer in the next four months and add to some of my saving and buy a dairy cow. The dairy cow, I will provide enough milk hence I won't buy milk from other people in the village as I do right now. At the same time, I will sell the surplus milk to make an extra income and use the money to provide for my family's needs with ease.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I have bought a goat. with the goat, I believe I will earn an extra income to buy a cow by replacing the goats that shall have reproduced in the foreseen future by selling some of them. With the dairy cow, I will have enough supply of milk hence I won't buy milk from other people in the village as I do right now.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect in the next six months, my life to change with the dairy cow that I shall have bought because it will provide enough milk hence I won't buy milk from other people in the village as I do right now. At the same time, I will sell the surplus milk to make an extra income and use the money to provide for my family's needs with ease.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
In my homestead, no one has gotten the opportunity to study to a point where they are able to get employed. Being a beneficiary, I now have the opportunity to complete my vocational training course in building and construction with the monthly payments that I receive from Givedirectly hence I am hopeful that I will be able to get employed and provide for my family.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
At the moment, it's really frustrating having to borrow means of transport from my neighbors who at times feel I am a burden to them so my new goal for the next four months is to jointly save up money with my mother and buy a second hand motorcycle which I can use to transport my mother to the hospital since she is old and can't walk.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Before GiveDirectly came to my village ,I used to live a stressful life since I mainly depended on causal jobs for a daily living . At times I could go without getting work which meant my family had to sleep without having a meal .Currently my daily life has changed and it feels like I have come from the life of nothing to some thing since I am able to budget with the monthly payments in combination with the little income I get from my casual job to feed my family. Its really a blessing having a healthy and happy family .Thanks to GiveDirectly .
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect to have doubled my income through the joint savings with my mother from the monthly payments and buy a second-hand motorcycle which I will be using to generate some income as well as means of transporting my mother to the hospital who is aged and unabled to walk on her own .
 
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 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 biggest difference in my daily life is that I am able to to meet my daily needs. I could not even afford my daily food most of the time.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,I expect to have cleared my high school and maybe started doing something more profitable. I believe my life shall be the best by that time.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Apart from being able to meet my daily needs,I can no longer stay out of school for lack of money,I am also able to pay my school fees. Previously,I could stay out of school for more than three months for lack of school fees.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start saving the money I receiving from GiveDirectly so that by the year 2019,I will be able to purchase a motorcycle for taxi business.
 
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was the difficulty in paying my school fees after the demise of my father who was the breadwinner in our family. For instance, there was a time I had to be out of school for two and a half months, a situation that seriously affected my performance.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day, is early in the morning when I wake up and realize that I am in good health, and I am able to attend my morning lessons and learn new concepts when my mind is still fresh.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to build my own house since I do not have one, and I always spend at neighbor's house. I shall also spend the rest of my transfer on paying my school fees because I am an orphan and my mother is just a peasant farmer.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of in life, is having reared my own rabbits at home, from which I could earn some income that helped me buy stationeries I needed to enhance my studies.