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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($470 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on renovating my old house for 25,000 KES, enrolled my child in Secondary school for 14,000 and bought 2 bags of dry corn and other household goods with the balance..
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on cementing the floor of my house 29500 KES which was damaged with potholes. I sank a toilet in my homestead 6000 KES. I also bought two bags of maize for my family's consumption 10000 KES and decent clothes for my children 4000 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest differences in my daily life are I have managed to enhance the stability of my house through cementing the floor and now I feel safe in it. I also have enough food to feed on with my family especially my children and now I can say that their health have improve positively and they are also active as opposed to before when getting three meals in a day was a big problem. Thanks to GiveDirectly.
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 my first transfer to cultivate my land and bought buy food for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt very happy,because I manage to prepare my land for planting.
Enrolled
access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship in life is taking care of my large family of 7 members single handedly yet I am a widow. Taking care of them in terms of proper meals, clothing and school fee is my biggest menace.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is at while sharing the day's experience with my family after dinner.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My life is going to change completely because with the money I will manage to boost my business which will result to better living standard for my family.
