My new goal is to save some of the money I receive in my business and buy a piece of land. A plot of 50 by 100 is going for $1000, which is my savings plan for the next year. I intend to build a single room that can be rented for business. I plan to use one room for my business as I rent others. I will have accomplished my financial goal of having a sustainable income every month.

In my opinion, Give directly has done well to enroll our village which has many poor families. The support funds have ensured that the children are back in school and most of the families without homes have built their own homes. Our area had water issues. The funds have helped most people install water meters and tap water in their compounds, others bought water tanks, which have enabled them to collect and store water during this rainy season. There is nothing that can be measured on the impact of the unconditional funds received from GiveDirectly.

My husband has been working as a guard in a nearby school, and we have two children together. Lately, it has been a struggle because he is the breadwinner, as I am a stay-at-home parent. The main challenge is budgeting for his source of income for all our expenses. Receiving these support funds for the first time was the only way we renovated our house from a two-roomed thatched house to a stone-built house with an iron roof and the little that remained covered $20 food for a week and paid $30 school fees for my children before my husband got paid. I changed my life and opened a business with $300, which bought a bale of second-hand clothing and a bale of second-hand bedsheets. The business has picked up well and at least I can make $50 from hawking both the clothes and bedsheets in a week. The remaining $200 is in my savings account because the profit is enough to cater to our daily expenses. I saved for a rainy day in case I needed to rent a place and centralize my business. My husband was relieved and so happy to see that I opened a business with the cash received from GiveDirectly.

While storytelling with my children after an evening meal, I received a message on my phone. when I checked, it was the first transfer of KES 55000.00. I was overjoyed and walked out of the sitting room laughing in happiness because I had never received nor seen a huge amount like the one I received in my life.

I am grateful for the help I received from GiveDirectly. For years we have been living in an insecure madhouse. After receiving the first transfer, I was able to collaborate with my husband and we bought some blocks to renovate and make our house more secure than it was. A great shout-out to GiveDirectly for empowering us to have a nice house as a family. Currently, we are living in a well-secured house and this is a result of the goodwill from GiveDirectly.

When I withdrew the money, the priority was to renovate my madhouse by making it more firm. Therefore, I bought some building blocks for KES 30000.00 and I am technically replacing the mad with the blocks. By so doing the house will be firmer and the heavy rain which usually sweeps away people's houses will not sweep mine. I also bought two doors; a wooden door and a burglary door for KES 7000.00 and KES 10000.00 respectively. This was to ensure my items in the house were safe. Initially, they were not safe because I was using an iron sheet as a door. I also paid KES 3000.00 school fees for my children so that they are retained in school without disturbances for better learning. Thereafter, I bought a sack of maize for KES 7000.00 to ensure food security for my family. My husband is a watchman at one of the public primary schools, we could not make it to all of these since his salary of KES 6000.00 per month is not sufficient to cater to our basic needs.