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Hesbon
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Casual labour
faceAge:
30
workCampaign
UBI
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22nd Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 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?
Fortunately or unfortunately I do not have any goal a part from saving money to out up my house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l have managed to buy building materials and I am now very sure of putting up my house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have started have started saving and atleast bought a few building materials.
 
18th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I am planning to improve my house. The one I live in currently is small and not in good shape. I am hoping to raise some money, add to the transfers that I will be receiving and build a bigger and better house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I have been doing farming even before GD came. Though I was engaging in small scale farming, the produce was not that much to sustain my family. When I received my transfers, I invested it in large scale farming. This has not only increased production but has also produced a quality harvest.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, hopefully I will have started assembling materials to help me build another better house. Besides that, my farming will have grown and able to sustain my family.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Being that I do not have a stable source of income, I mostly depend on farming. Receiving these have always enabled us to buy hybrid and quality seeds which give us great returns and even hire labourers to help on the farm. In the last four months, were busy tending to our farms and things were much easier as compared to previous farming seasons because this season, we were able to weed our farms in good time without having to strain a lot because we could afford to hire labourers to assist, all thanks to the transfers we receive from Give Directly. I have also planted trees which will always be a reminder of Give Directly's great impact in our lives even in later years.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have plans of investing my transfers on livestock such as goats and chicken. In rural areas like where I live, there is not much going on in terms of businesses and the only way I can surely invest the transfers I am receiving is through livestock which I can afford to take care of without any stress. I will, therefore, save my next few transfers so that I can start off by buying some goats which I can later sell to raise enough money to buy a cow which is my ultimate goal.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Having no stable source of income as a young man has always made it very hard for me to afford personal items such as clothes and shoes. Earlier on, I rarely bought clothes so I had to use the old ones I have always owned which were not decent at all. With the monthly transfers, I have been receiving from Give Directly, I have managed to buy myself decent clothes and shoes which have totally changed my overall looks and personality. Nowadays I see the need for staying clean and neat just so my new wear can stay long, which was not mostly the case in the past.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I planted sugarcane some time back with the help of the transfers I have been receiving from Give Directly which I hope will be ready for harvesting in the next few months. My hope is that I will earn a decent amount of money from the sales of the sugarcane which I can then use to pay my wife's dowry so that she can come back. She left me and went back to her native home with an ultimatum that she will only be back when the dowry has been paid. This has not happened yet due to lack of money to fulfil the demand and the reason I am currently a single father. I hope that this will change soon though.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l invested so much in vegetable farming and now l am getting enough vegetable that l am selling to the community and getting money for my up keep.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do not have any new or additional goal a part from putting up my own home.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l have manage to buy building materials and l now very sure that l will put up iron roofed house and l will not be rained on a gain. I have also invested so much in vegetable farming, that l am able to get enough produce and sell it to the community and getting enough money for my up keep.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l would have built my iron roofed house and l will be staying in it comfortably without being rain on as l am now.
 
7th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Right now I do have the solar powered gadget that I will use as a source of light and energy in my house. I will no longer have to go and charge my phone in the neighbors house like I used to do before.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have a new plan of using the cash to building my own home and move away from my fathers compound.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference for me right now is that I have been able to farm properly by using modern farming techniques in addition to getting more casual labor force.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to buy a cow and a goat that I will rear to get milk constantly. In addition to that, I will able to get more money when I re-sell them whenever I get broke.
 
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life since I stared receiving this transfer is that I will finally have an iron roofed house which I have always longed but I have not been able to build.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I would want to pay school fees in time for my children so that they may not be sent home for the same.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have had good harvest as compared to previous years because I was able to buy seeds and fertilizers and to weed in time, I have iron sheet which assures me that I will have an iron roofed house and we also eat well as a family.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new new goal is to start up a business
 
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face is lack of money to provide basic needs for my family and my mother who is too old and can not work in the farm.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up in good health and I am able to work in my farm.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend my transfer to buy a dairy cow that will provide me with milk for our own consumption and sell the surplus.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to harvest sugarcane and made good money from the sale. I used the money to pay dowry and repair my mother's house.