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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
Since I recently completed my college studies, My goal in the next four months is to invest in farming. I plan to start cultivating short-season crops such as potatoes and beans since they fetch a good price in the market. In my community, farming is the main economic activity and as I was growing up, I developed a passion for it.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
After my O' levels, I had no hope of joining college and receiving transfers from GD made my dream come true. My parents really struggled to pay my high school fees and so I had to wait for my siblings to complete high school before I join college. When I received transfers from Give directly, I immediately enrolled in a college and pursued plumbing. I settled on a plumbing course because at the moment, there are many upcoming constructions and there is a need for plumbers. I am so happy now having fulfilled my goal through the help of Give Directly transfers
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My expect my life to be better in the next six months since, by that time, I will have completed my college studies and hoping to secure a job. My two bulls which I bought using the recent transfers will also have grown and they will be ready to be sold. I expect them to fetch a good price in the market by then. The money I will get will enable me to purchase a good dairy cow for milk production for sale. Generally, I expect my life to be much better as compared to now
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference is that now am a skilled driver and can now seek a job as a driver.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I would expect to start my own mechanic work shop after completing a three months mechanic course.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The biggest difference now is that I know how to drive a vehicle and that this shall enable me to continue with my career in mechanic.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to enroll for mechanic course so that I that I get skill which can enable me start my own garage and earn good money from it.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
In 2014 when I was in form 2, my parents could not manage to raise my school fees because my Younger sister was also joining form one and so I had to stay at home for the whole term. This is the biggest hardship have faced in my life
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up healthy and ready to embark on my daily duties
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to use my transfer to pay for my college school fee, I'm planning to start immediately I receive the money
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
In 2013 I had 1000 tree seedlings which I sold each at ksh 10 which enabled me to complete my secondary school fees. This is the achievement I'm always proudest of
