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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 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?
I currently live in a small piece of land that only has a house and kitchen garden. I have dreams of investing more in farming thus in the next four months, the new goal I have for my life is to buy a piece of land that can allow me to practise more farming and probably buy a cow now that I will have grazing land for it.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I am a mother of eight children all in both secondary and primary schools. It has always been my ambition to give them a good education to help have a better life in the future but raising their fee has been too challenging for me since I rely on low paying and hardly found casual jobs. It had been a routine for them to be sent home every now then since I had no time ever cleared their school fees. This was devastating and discouraging made my children drop in their performance. The biggest difference in my daily ever since I received my transfer from GiveDirectly is being able to settle my children's school fees. I feel so happy to see my children in school studying hard knowing that they will improve in their performance and eventually pass their exams.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life in the next six months to be better in that I will have bought a piece of land. I am hopeful I will be doing more on farming on the new piece of land thus will be in process to cut off my household daily needs and probably have some money to meet other needs.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($254 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Give Directly transfer made my life easier in that it gave me a lot of support of paying school fee for my children, getting stock food for my family daily meals and also the completion of my house building process. I now have a new house to stay in. All this has made me have happy and relaxed mind.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life in the next six month to be better than this in that I expect fee payment of my children to easier and also will be having more saving than now.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Arrival of GD transfer has reduced my poverty level in that am currently supported in my family expenses. Before the transfer came in, I could always spend all my income on household daily expenditure that couldn't even meet the expectation. I can currently save something small for my future and this gives me happiness and hope in life.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
The new goal that I have developed since I started receiving the transfer is to buy a piece of land and to give my children better environment for their studies.
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our biggest hardship we have faced was in 2009 when our child felt ill for sometime it force us to use a lot of money in her medication but we talk God she has now recovered.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the morning because this is the day God has enable me to see with good health.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on improve my house, pay school fees for my two children in secondary school and other five in primary school.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
It was in last that I start business of buying and selling milk in my village this really assisted me to bring food to my family and also to pay school fees for my children this is my proudest achievement.
