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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($249 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Before GD came to our village, I had no livestock in my name as I could not afford to buy one due to low income. When I received the second transfer, I decided to invest part of the money on a cow which is now the most valuable property I own. These transfers also enabled me to buy some very crucial household items such as utensils that I would have to borrow from my neighbours before especially when I had visitors.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
We are planning to move out of my in-laws compound into our own as soon as the elder brother to my husband does so, as tradition demands. We have already purchased most of the required construction materials and will kick off the project as soon as we can. My only goal right now is to see the project completed so that we can settle in our new environment.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I managed to use some of the transfers I received to buy household items such as large cooking pots, serving bowls and other decent utensils that I did not have before. This has greatly changed my daily life because I do not have to borrow these items from my neighbours especially on those occasions that I have visitors as I did before. I did not have large cooking pots before so it was hard preparing meals for a large number, neither did I have decent serving bowls, so I would always borrow from my neighbours on such occasions.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
With the farm that I had leased using part of the second transfers, I hope that we will have a better harvest this season and get relief from always having to spend on maize which is our staple food. We have a very small portion of land that usually produces very little maize that mostly sustains us for just a few months before we start buying, but this season, I know will have enough to last us a year.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that, I eat easily without struggling interms of doing more casual jobs to get food on the table .
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have established my home and being in my own place will give me the freedom of planing my things in a much more free way.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I have managed to but iron sheets which I intend to use in establishing my home.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goals are; establising my house since I still stay at my inlaws place
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is that we do not have adequate income to buy materials so that we can go and build our own home.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when having supper together with my family.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to use part of the transfer to pay school fees for my daughter who is in secondary school in form four. Also, I am planning to use the remaining amount to pay school fees for my three children who are in a private primary school.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proud of is having educated our daughter up to form four.
