I plan to expand my wife's business, it has the potential of making enough profits for us. My other goal is to buy a motorbike that I plan to rent it out and be getting $4 a day.

They have a toll-free number that whenever I call, I can reach the organization. They are polite and talking to them always feels therapeutic.

Before receiving the transfer, I had no job. The most casual job I would get is in masonry and I would get $5 a day. My passion was to start a business that would enable me to cater to my family's needs. With two children the money was not enough and most days we would sleep hungry. Receiving this transfer has helped me buy a motorbike that makes $50 a month, and opened up a retail shop for my wife which makes $150 a month. The money from the two businesses has helped us buy food and pay school fees for my children.

I can vividly remember just like the other day at around 8 AM when i was at the shop buying foodstuff for the day when i heard a message tone. Without wasting time, I opted to check the content of the message. Upon checking I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectcly, they had debited my first transfers as promissed. Due to the joy that I had, I even deiced to return home and started the planning.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a motorcycle. This has been my long-time dream to at least have my own but because of the low income, I couldn't afford it. Initially, I was employed by one of my friends and I used to be paid on commission. On a good day, I could earn $6 which was very little as per my family's needs. Being the family breadwinner it was hectic because most of the days I could fail to fulfill the family's basic needs like food. Therefore since I had the experience in operating the bodaboda business I settled for it. I am now glad to say ever since I started this business I have been getting good returns and on a good day, I normally make $15.I am currently in a position to take good care of my family without straining like before. I plan to save part of the profit and even open some other lucrative businesses like retail shops which I believe will be an additional income.

I spent a huge fraction of my first transfer on buying a motorcycle at $300. This had been my dream to purchase it for so many years but because of the poverty life that had stricken my household, I couldn't afford it a. Also I bought five goats worthy of $175. I later bought few pieces of iron sheets, timber, nails, cement and sand purposely for the renovation of my house since it was not in a good state. During the rainy seasons, it could leak excessively and we had to seek shelter from friends. On top of that, I gave the mason $56.5 as his labor charge.