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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($473 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on on purchase of a heifer and a bull for 25,000 KES.I already prepared over 1 Acre piece of land, having combined forces using my new bull and my neighbour's, unlike before I bought bull when I always prepared a maximum of 0.5 acres. Two, the heifer should be calving any moment and we expect to take milk.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 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 buying a cow at 18,500 KES, a sofa set at 10,000 KES, a solar at 13,000 KES, paid 5,000 KES school fee for my daughter in high school, then used the rest of the cash on other little house items
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer borrow seats as before whenever I had visitors now that I have my own.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to pay school fees for my daughter and bought food for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt very happy,I came at right time when I was struggling to find school fees for my daughter,thank you GD.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The greatest challenge that I have faced is lack of money to refurbish my leaking house especially during rainy season and buy modern farm inputs for farming.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest moment is during the day because I meet and get a lot of information from my friends and this reduces for me stress.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Being that I am a farmer, I will use the money to buy livestock for rearing and purchase modern farm inputs to help help me practice better farming for sustainability.
