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Hellen's family
Hellen
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
44
workCampaign
Standard Kenya
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($472 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent most of the transfer to buy building materials as l am planing to build
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I received my second transfer when the construction of my permanent house was underway. And therefore my second transfer facilitated the continuation of the house. I am soon accomplishing this goal and I am very excited to live in a permanent house very soon.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Though I have accomplished a lot, the biggest difference I can mention in my daily life is that I have moved from using an open defecation to a permanent latrine. I dug and built a latrine with some part of the first transfer and it is now ready for use.
 
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 the first transfer on buying 8 bags of cement 5,920KES ,wire mesh 500KES and sand 3000KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Am planning to spend the upcoming transfer on building a three bed roomed house because at the moment am staying in a two bed roomed house that is leaking.
 
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access_time over 7 years ago
 
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on first building a toilet since the one we have is in a very poor state,lastly we plan to build another house since the current one is small.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is having been able to build our current house and being able also to buy two cows that are now grown.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we are facing currently is on making ends meet,our business of trading livestock is not doing very well since most of the times we're not able to plough back the profits because of other needs.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when as a family we are gathered to take our evening meal.Seeing everyone happy gives me joy.