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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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?
My life is currently different from the way it was four months ago because if it wasn't for the money, I wouldn't have sat for the final secondary examinations. This is because I used the second transfer to pay for most of the school fee and also to purchase the items that were required while sitting for the examinations.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I sat for the final secondary examinations last year but I still owe the school some arrears thus I can't be allowed to pick both the result slip and my certificate from the school. I, therefore, have a new goal of looking for a way of raising money to clear the school fee so that I can be given my certificate. After getting the certificate I'll then look for a way of raising my college fee.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is the peace and pride I have for having managed to pay for most of the school fee. This enabled me to sit for the final secondary examinations and I was able to perform well in the examinations. If it wasn't for GD, I wouldn't have been allowed to sit for the examinations.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months of my life, I expect to have raised enough money to clear the school fee that I currently owe the school so that I can be given my certificate. After that, I'll then start looking for ways of joining college.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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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 in life, is constantly being sent away from school due to accumulated fee areas. This has to a great extent affected my academic performance.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day, is late in the evening when I tune my radio and listen to gospel songs. Specific gospel songs often inspire me and gives me an assurance that I shall achieve my set life time goals.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my school fee, since my parents always struggle to raise my fee. I shall spend a portion of my transfer on purchasing text books to aid my study, because we do not have sufficient learning materials in school.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of in life, is having worked hard with lots of determination to acquire secondary education. From my family, I am the first to have been enrolled to secondary education.
