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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($466 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
Given that my spouse is a fisherman, we decided to buy fishing nets and other fishing items needed using our third transfer to give us more income. We now have our fishing items.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on building my son's house since he used to have a hard time going to sleep in the neighbouring homes and he could not stay late to study.I also bought 10 iron sheets which I want to build my kitchen.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have good bedding and can sleep comfortably now.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
We bought mattress (3245 KES) blanket (550 KES) spent 4800 KES to lease a piece of land and bought seed and fertilizers for 1300 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to build a house for my son a kitchen for cooking and hosting my visitors.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We are planning to spend our transfer on school fees for our daughter who is in high school, and also to stock up on grain, especially maize, which is our staple food around here.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is the fact that we bought one cow, which has since calved, and is now giving us milk.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I am facing in my life is how to get food. We get food through the very difficult way of collecting reeds from the lake and then selling it as firewood in the market, before we can get money to buy food.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I am milking our family cow.
