We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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I bought 8 iron sheets at 6,600 KES, seven wall poles at 910 KES, 10 roofing poles at 1,000 KES, one solar panel at 12,000 KES, one wet cell at 8,000 KES, used 1,500 to do electricity wiring in my paultry house, a roll of wire mesh at 4,000 KES, two lorries of sand at 5,000 KES, bought three chickens at 2,600 KES, two sheep at 3,600 KES, used 2,000 KES to shop for clothes for my children then used the rest on food for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I now feel like a real man because I have my own things that I can at least sell to get money to tackle various problems.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I dug a fish pond using 8000 KES of my token payment then I spent the remaining 2000 KES on 3 iron sheets.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I will invest in poultry farming, buy some sheep and renovate my main house with my upcoming lumpsum payment.
Enrolled
access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on constructing a structure that I can use to rear chicken,I will spend part of the transfer on buying pipes that I can use to connect my fish pond to the nearby irrigation canal and the remaining amount I will spend on buying vegetable seeds for kales so that I can plant on my farm.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to construct a fish pond using cash that I got from casual work I used to do that involved harvesting sand.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that harvesting sand is a very tiresome job and for me to get my daily income I have to do a lot of digging near the river bank so that I can get sand to sell and this is really hard and I am not able to do the job during the days that I fall sick.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I go to do sand harvesting in the morning,even though it is tiresome,I feel happy when I got some cash from the sale of the sand by trucks that transport the sand to construction site.
