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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($462 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on buying building materials such as bags of cement which I am planning to use on cementing my house into a semi- permanent one from mud house. I smeared my mud house and now its nicely aligned .I also bought food for my family's consumption .
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent a larger portion of my second transfer on building a house and used 3000 KES on buying a solar panel.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is having a bigger house (30 iron sheets) unlike previously that I had a squeezed house that consumed only 4 iron sheets. I also have a solar panel that I use for lighting hence no more budgeting for paraffin which was very costly and at times we couldn't afford parraffin so we had to stay in the dark.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy furniture and use the remaining one on food.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt very happy,now I have enough comfortable seat for my visitors.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship is not able to provide for my family and the draught has killed all the cattles I had
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the evening when am having dinner with my family
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I felt so humbled and I thank God for Give Directly for giving me this opportunity of a life time,I am staying in a very small house and hopefully I will be able to build a bigger house. I will also have an opportunity to start a small business to sustain us.