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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
When I received my third transfer, I spent it on a solar panel, a TV set and a bull. These are some of the things I lacked most in my life. Without a TV, I felt like I was not connected to the outside world and all that is happening around me. Besides, lacking a bull in a home was also an indication of hunger in our family because no farm operations could go on successfully without plowing with it. I am just expressing a sincere gratitude to Give Directly.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Currently, I live in a better house, I am very connected to the world and updated on everything happening around me and finally, I am food secure-I plow my farms in time and harvest in time courtesy of Give Directly. I have actually made a great step in life that if it were not transfers from Give Directly, I wouldn't have been there.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly sent us money directly with a lot of confidentiality to our phones. I am just pleased with them! And although I got a lot of improvements in my life, I still have a feeling that I am not yet where I would like to be and therefore I would plead with Give Directly, next time, to increase the amount they send to the recipients.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I used 26000 KES of my second transfer to buy a television set,I spent 3200 KES to buy two sheep,2000 KES to buy a sack of corn,I paid 1000 KES school fees for my child in the academy and 2000 KES to them clothes. I bought a mattress worth 4200 KES and the remaining to buy food for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is that i have own cattle something i never used to have before. I have a televison set and now i am updated with the current affairs. I am so happy.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought sand for 4000 KES, cement 2500 KES, red oxide 350, paid 1000 for labor and the rest of the token on food.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to pay dowry with the upcoming lumpsum transfer payment.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to spend the transfer to plaster my house. We also plan to spend the transfer to pay dowry required by the in-laws. We also plan to spend the transfer to start a business to provide additional income for our household.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to build iron roofed house for our family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income to support our family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when am in the farm weeding my crops.
