I hope to start a new business of hiring catering items like utensils, chairs, tents and the like. I believe that once I will be able to acquire the finances and open this business, I believe that it will uplift my living standard since it will be an additional income. This means that I will no longer struggle to raise fees for my children nor will I strain in fending for their other basic needs.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by visiting each household in the entire village without living anyone out. Also after the enrolment, I was promised that I would receive my money after a certain duration which I am glad was fulfilled. Additionally, I was asked to choose what to purchase according to my needs. I don't see anything new they should introduce even as they move to the next village.

I spent $200 of my second transfer on paying fees for my two sons pursuing nursing and three are in primary school. Paying their fees has been a major challenge because my spouse and I did not have a stable source of income. The little we could earn could not sustain all our basic needs and therefore sometimes we had to borrow loans from microfinance. It is now a relief to me because at least for this particular academic year, I will not be bothered with the issue of fees. To add to that, I used $300 of the money to boost my business of hawking new clothes from town to town. I am glad that the business is running perfectly fine with good returns despite the few challenges. I thank God I am not where I used to be. I can settle the bills on time and even save a little for any emergency. With the remaining amount, I bought food for my family which took us almost two weeks.

I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. I found myself ululating in happiness having received such a huge amount of money. The money came at around 6:00 pm and I made an effort to call and say a word of thank you to GiveDirectly the following day.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the business that I have been able to start. The income that I get from it has been able to help me sustain my family quite well.Before I received the money I did not have this business and I only relied on farming and poultry which was not very promising at all. I am now leading a happier and more financially stable family.

I used KES 40700 to improve my business of selling clothes and used the remaining amount to pay school fees for my children and to buy food for family. Before receiving payments I use to rely on small scale farming to make a living and this often left us broke and without a means of survival. Upon receiving the transfer I made a conscious decision to invest the money in clothes selling business and I am happy to report that currently my business is doing much better and therefore our standards of living have also risen.