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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($464 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent most of my third transfer on school fee, house renovation, and food than save the rest for my daily upkeep.
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 43000 Kes of my second transfer on building a shop structure and starting a shop business. I also paid for my m-kopa solar @5000 Kes and spent the rest on buying food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I run my own shop business and from which I get daily income of atleast 700 Kes per day. This has really improved my living standards since am able to meet most of my family's basic needs.
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 on buying a mattress since I din't have a good one.I also bought utensils.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy the moment when I received my money.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship currently is food shortage. The prices of food have been inflated and we can not afford two meals a day. We eat once and wait for another day
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the morning because its yet another day that God has given me to be happy. Another day added to me.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money makes me happy because I know will start my own business and also expand my house because the one I have currently is very small and squeezed
