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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 have two daughters one who is in high school and another girl who finished primary but did not do too well in her academics who I took to do a course in beauty so I used the last transfer to sort them out in school fees and any other thing they will need in school.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 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 paying school fees for my children to let them have good education.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children stay in school because I paid for them school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($96 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on School fee for my daughter who joined Form One (10,000 KES) to enable her get secondary education.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I received my money I had mixed feelings, that is deep excitement and unbelief at the same time; disbelief because in my experience no one ever gives generously like that. The excitement was because I had gone through the GD processes successfully and which gave results. I had very little sleep that night, woke up early the following morning and decided to go withdraw a little money to test if it was real—and indeed the money was real (laughter).
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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 building a new bigger house,this is because the current house is squeezed for my family and lastly use the remaining to pay school fees for my daughter who is joining form one next year.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of is having went for an early childhood education training which in some cases helps me get some little money when I offer my services in our local schools here in the village.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship in my life currently is on paying school fees for my children, I'm torn between taking my eldest child to college and taking the youngest one to secondary school. This is all because I'm a widow with no proper source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm attending to my farm and just making sure my crops are growing up well with no weeds.
