For now, I don't have any new goals apart from the one's that I had before, the goal was for me to be able to expand my business so that I can be able to earn more returns, I am grateful for the great support that lifted our living standards amazingly.

GiveDirectly empowered both the young and the old by giving out unconditional cash transfers, the best part is that they kept the promise. In my opinion, we have people who are the neediest in the village but unfortunately, they were not enrolled because they did not meet the criteria, these are people who are homeless for lack of finances to secure a house.

When I received my second transfer, I thought of investing the money in my business, I am a businessman who buys and sell cows within and out of the village, I have five children who are all schooling at the moment, I had used the first transfer in clearing the school fees arrears and in buying other basic needs, thus I saw it fit in investing all the KES 53,150 in the business so that it can attract more profit, with it I am hopeful that I will be able to educate my children, I am forever grateful for the support that boosted our living standard.

It was in the morning and I was out in the fields herding my cows. I had my phone with me because we were eagerly waiting for the transfer. Suddenly I heard it ringing notifying me of a new message. I checked it and I was so happy when I saw that I had received the transfer that GiveDirectly had promised us. I immediately left whatever I was doing and I came back home to tell my family the good news. They were so happy to hear it as well and we celebrated together as we talked about how the transfer was going to change our lives.

The transfer has brought a very big difference in my life and that of my family. I was able to pay school fees for my children and hence I no longer have the stress of thinking about where I am going to get the money to do so. My children are hence no longer being sent home.

I spent most of the first transfer on buying three oxen. I decided to buy them because they were going to help me a lot in my farm work especially when planting maize. I used to have the oxen before but I had to sell them because I didn't have money at the time for paying for my children's school fees. Since then I have been hiring a tractor to till the land and plant the maize. Doing so is expensive because we usually plant maize twice a year and most of the time the fertilizer that is applied gets wasted hence affecting the crop. I was not able to buy the oxen before because I didn't have the money to do so. I have a small business of buying and selling goats while my wife is a milk vendor. The money that we make from our incoming-earning activities most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our seven children. One who is in college, three who are in secondary school, and three in primary school. With the oxen, I have been able to get rid of the cost of tilling and planting maize, and the fertilizer no longer gets wasted. Some other people have hired my oxen services and hence I have been able to earn some income. Other than that, I plan to sell the oxen in future at a higher price and buy other younger oxen at a lower cost. Through this way, I would have earned some profit.