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We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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over 5 years ago
Annah
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will enable me to start rearing poultry for sale, a project i have always wished to initiate but capital has been a great challenge. I will use part of the money to buy timber, nails, iron sheets and wire mesh which i will use to construct a chicken coop, then buy chicks and their feeds. The remaining part of the transfer will be spent on paying third termschool fees for my children.
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over 5 years ago
Jonathan
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My new goal is to start a poultry project. I will use the money I get from this aid to construct a poultry structure. I intend to buy iron roofing sheets, a wiremesh and to pay for the construction labor. This way I will have established another source of income from eggs and chickens."
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over 5 years ago
Ruth
received a $359 second payment.
"I spent KES 7000 of my most recent transfer on paying for tuition fees for a course that I enrolled in saloon and cosmetics, which I am assured of self-employment to generate my own income upon completion. I also paid KES 10000 for school fees for my sister in high school. I cleared her fee arrears which will give her a good time and opportunity to study without any interruptions concerning school fees. In addition to all this, I purchased chicken which I am currently rearing in my rural home, which to me is an investment. I am spending the remaining portion to cater for my families basic needs and other household expenses."
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over 5 years ago
Stella
received a $536 initial payment.
"I spent KES 15000 of my transfers to pay school fees for my child who is in college. Apart from that, I used the remaining KES 20000 to purchase iron sheets and timber for constructing a business premise that I plan to rent out to any potential entrepreneur. I also spent KES 15000 to build a poultry house. I had some chicken but didn't have a proper structure to house them. I then used the remaining amount to buy my clothes and a few for my children. I feel like I have done a lot in a very short time. I am very grateful to this organization for enabling me to achieve all this."
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over 5 years ago
Anna
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My additional goals for my life in the next four months is to build a chicken coop. This is because I want to expand my poultry project and their current house is small hence the need for a bigger one."
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over 5 years ago
Charles
received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because before I did not have any even chicken but now I started poultry keeping where by I can sell them and get the money for my up keep."
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over 5 years ago
Everline
received a $249 second payment.
"In the next four months, I believe I will have saved enough money to start a poultry farm. I plan to do this project because I have enough skills on how to take care of the chicken. I have also seen several people who made it in life through poultry keeping. I only need to have enough capital which I believe I will have accumulated in the next four months."
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over 5 years ago
Leah
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I have a new goal to start poultry farming business. I intended to save money in a merry go round group and establish the program for income generation. The sale of eggs and even chicken will be another source of income to enable me to feed my household and also to take care of my daughter at school."
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over 5 years ago
Bett
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"Expanding my poultry farming by buying more chicken has brought my brood to about 20 Chickens. I started having the ability to rear chickens when I received the last four months' transfers. The chicken is now brooding and will hatch more chicks. I will soon be having about 50 chickens which are quite a good number. I use the money from eggs collected to meet my household needs including buying vegetables, cooking fat and salt. Providing for my family has become a lot easier than when I used to rely on my husband who depends on menial jobs to make ends meet."
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over 5 years ago
Duncan
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the new income stream from poultry keeping. With every transfer, for the last four months, I have been buying more and more chickens. I now have over 15 birds and the number is growing. The eggs I collect gives me about kes100 in the sale of eggs. I use part of the money to support my sister in providing for my family and meeting my personal needs. I feel proud that I am a part of my family's source of provisions unlike before when my sister was the only one who was providing for all of us."
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