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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($466 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent 30000 KES from my third transfer on paying school fees for my 2 children in secondary school; then used the rest for tilling 4 acres of land and planting maize on it.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I might have sold land to raise fees for my children if Give Directly had not intervened; but since I received the support, I will instead continue cultivating on my land. Thank you so much Give Directly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
What Give Directly did well was giving cash to the recipients directly unlike other agencies that go through government institutions and the support ends up not reaching the intended beneficiaries.
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 to repair my water pump and to buy delivery pipes so that I can irrigate my vegetable farms with ease.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I daily engaged in my vegetables farm which I started with the transfer from GD. The farming is also source of income to feed and provide for my family. Another difference in my life is the ease with which I irrigate my plots due to the pump and delivery pipes I bought from the transfer, this has seriously increase my yield. Thanks to GD
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?
I spent my first cash transfer to pay school fees for my two children who are in secondary school each of them 5000 KES which amounted to a total of 1000KES
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to spend my next cash transfer to carry out horticulture,i will buy pipes to do irrigation and hybrid seed for horticulture since they are expensive and lending farmers is hectic and sometimes they are not able to led me because they also want to use them.I also want to buy 4 goats atleast to have something of my own.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my transfer on school fees for my three children in high school, and also another one who is disabled and is enrolled in a special shool for the disabled.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is being appointed as the chairman of our local secondary school, a position which enables me to make a positive contribution to my community.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children, who sometimes get sent away from school because I am unable to pay up in time.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I am working in my shamba (garden).
