My mother was sick and had been admitted to the hospital when I received my second transfer. A sum of KES 52000 was needed and after a dialogue with my brother, we decided to divide the bill into two. With this agreement, I spent KES 26000 on the hospital bill and spent the remaining KES 27000 on burial expenses since she passed away after a few days.

GiveDirectly sends money directly to people and has no connections with political parties. They do not restrict on what one can spend the transfers on and they do not expect anything in return. Their officers were polite and attended to people till they are satisfied and I do not see anything that they do not do well.

I am a middleman between people who want to sell livestock and those who want to buy. I sometimes go for days without getting any deal. During these days, I do any available casual work in the neighborhood. I have five children, two will be sitting for their KCSE examinations this year while two of them will be sitting for their KCPE examinations and the eldest is in college. It has always been my wish to see them through their studies and because of this, I do not have any additional goals for now since I am even planning to have an harambee so that I can raise funds for their education.

I spent KES 20,000 to pay school fees for my two children in secondary school. I am so happy because they are now studying well without being sent home like before. I purchased a dairy cow at a cost of KES 25,000.This has enabled me to cut the daily cost of buying milk. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me because I do not have a continuous source of income. I purchased a solar for lighting. My children are able to do their assignment and homework well. Finally I bought food and clothes for all my family members. We are so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly all this could not have happened.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have paid school fees for my two children in secondary school. This was my main focus because my children were being sent home to collect the school fees. This was so demoralizing and stressful because they could stay home for quite some time because I didn't had the money. Their performance were affected because the lessons were going on. My first priority was the school fees to ensure that my children are happy and studying well. I depend on casual jobs and small scale farming. I have also joined a village saving group. This gives us some loans to pay the school fees. They money that I would get through the casual jobs is so small and were only for food and other basic needs. I was not able to save some money. Currently my children are in school and I hope to see better performance come the end of the term. I have peace of mind to do my daily activities at home. GiveDirectly has changed our living standards and enable us to educate our children and do investment. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards.

The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember it was around 9am. I was taking my goats for grazing. When I heard a ringtone message from my phone. When I checked it out I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money before. I immediately rushed to inform my family members. They were so happy too. I knew I would be able to pay school fees for my two children in secondary school. This was my main focus that time. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled us to fulfilled our dreams.