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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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I had gone to the stream to fetch water for our domestic use as routine. Then, suddenly as I was busy at the stream I heard my phone ringing, Upon checking what the message entailed, I realised that I had received a sum of KES 55,000 from Segovia technology. I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness. I immediately headed home where I informed my husband of the good news on arrival. He too was delighted by it and afterwards, we embarked on planning.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life today is that I was able to purchase a dairy cow with the transfer. At the same time, I was able to purchase a water tank for storing clean water and harvesting rainwater. I was unable to realise the goal due to financial constraints. Thus, I am relieved that I can save up the money that I used to spend on milk daily. More so I am happy and fulfilled that I was able to achieve my dreams in a short period. I am so thankful for the support that uplifted our lives amazingly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Fetching water from the river daily can be cumbersome, but I had no choice since I did not have a storage container to harvest rainwater. When I received my transfer, I opted to use the money in buying a small water tank worth KES 5000 so that we would be storing water for our daily usage. This was not possible before since I am a housewife and I depend on my husband who works at a supermarket. We then used KES 30,000 in buying a dairy cow to cut down on the cost of buying milk daily. Our child depends on cow milk thus he will have enough. Lastly, we used the remaining amount on foodstuffs and clothes. We are grateful for the funds that lifted our lives positively.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Our income cannot sustain our family and therefore we were planning to build a shop by the road side within our compound. As a house wife I cannot find a job far from home and therefore a shop within the compound present flexibility with family task. I'm so happy that I will use Give Directly money to build a shop inorder to sustain our family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I gave birth to our first born girl in December last year. This was a joy our family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
We don't have a cow to supply our family with milk. Given that we have a small child who constantly needs enough milk daily. We spent KES 100 to buy milk daily. This is expensive to us and It could be better if we had a cow.
