Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I pay school fees for my child with easy. I use the profits which I get from my business to meet most of my needs and I am glad that I do not take a lot of loans from the merry-go-round unlike before.

My plan is to buy a drying machine. This will make the ice cream to dry faster hence making more which will translate to more profits.

I spent a larger portion of my transfer on purchasing a freezer. Nowadays I sell ice cream. I had identified a good market place. This is a nearby school. My target group is the school going children and I can never regret to have started this business. Previously, I used to sell clothes but my customers used to take the clothes on credits and sadly my business collapsed. I could also use transport to the nearby market place called Gikomba to get my stock which was a loss on my side. Today, I am happy because the children buy ice cream, not on credit and the products that I use to make the ice cream are available in the neighborhood.

Currently, my life has been made much more better than it used to be. I no longer do odd jobs to earn a living, I have been able to start my own business where I sell ladies hand bags and sandals. So far it has been good.

I am planning to start an ice cream business. This will help me generate more income and help me sustain my family members. With the savings I am looking forward to purchasing a freezer and a cooler box help me jump start the business. During cold seasons, the freezer can be used to store chicken meat for use by the local restaurants.

Upon receiving my recent transfer, I save three quarter the amount towards a project I am planning to start once I receive my last transfers. The remaining amount I boosted my business, bought household items and paid school fees for my daughter. This transfer has opened doors for me and I am seeing greater heights coming my way.

I am planning to buy a freezer to make ice, sell in schools to supplement with my shoe business. The reason for this is because the shoe and bags business at times is seasonal so I will be in a position to supplement the little I get from the other business to enable me not to strain too much.

I boosted my shoe business hence increase in income, can pay rent out of my business, buy food, and school without any difficulty. Initially, I used to ask my father for frequent financial assistance sine paying rent and school fees for my children was not an easy task due to the low income I use to get from my business.

I have bags and sandals business though on a small scale hence I have been receiving very minimal profit out of it that could not enable me to take care of children with a lot of ease. When I received my first transfer from GiveDirectly I used on boosting my business since this is the source of my livelihood. I thank GiveDirectly.I am now getting a good profit out of my business because I have a variety of bags and sandals and also I have enough capital to buy what my customer order with a lot of ease. Life has changed and Iam able to pay fees and pay rent without any difficulty.

I had finished washing and therefore I decided to go inside the house to check the time only to find a message from GiveDirectlly that I have received money. I was very happy and rushed to the bathroom immediately to take a shower. Then rushed to the market to buy more stock for my business because I had planned to use my transfer on business since this is the source of my livelihood.