My life is different than it would have been if I never received my transfer. Through the transfer, I was able to own a piece of land. Previously, I was cultivating in place which I lease and with low nutrients level because it has been used for a decade. I opted to purchase a new place but I lacked the financial capacity. Also through the aid l am Owning a cow which I will exchange for a dairy cow when it matures. Lastly, I constructed a house since the one I had was grass-thatched and it was used as a Kitchen at the some, I was experiencing chest problem due to the smoke from the firewood.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well for giving out cash transfer instead of material thing. This has helped boost the lives of every household because each decided on how to spend their transfer.

I spent $400 to acquire a piece of land which l am planning to start cultivation. At the moment, I am leasing a farm which I have to pay by the end of every harvest. In addition, I spent $120 of the transfer on purchasing one cow, this was the future investment for the family. Furthermore, I bought clothes and food with the remaining amount.

I was from the dam when my phone started ringing continuously. I did not bother to check the notification since I am illetrate, I decided to proceed to my homestead. Upon arriving, I asked my elder son to check what the notification was all about. On checking hed realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy and started celebrating with my family

For all those years, I have been living in a temporary house with a leaky grass-thatched roof. My life has never been full of stress because whenever it could rain, I had to seek shelter from friends. Also, I had to change the grass roofing yearly, this was costly according to my financial status. After receiving the transfer, my first thought was to construct a new house and live comfortably like the rest of my family members. Currently, I am so glad since my family and I are sleeping under a decent spacious iron-roofed house. I will no longer get stress up during the rainy season like I used to do back in the days.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some livestock such as a pair of oxen worthy of KES 36000. I also bought construction materials such as iron sheets, building poles, nails, and threads. This was purely for the construction of a new house since the previous was almost collapsing. Since my spouse is old and jobless, acquiring the money for the construction of the money was not possible, being the breadwinner, the little money I was earning from the casual jobs was only enough fr the family's basic needs. With the remaining amount, I bought some foodstuffs for the family