Our new goal is to build a business premises at home where we plan to open a shop and a posho mill business. We would like to open the businesses because the shopping center is very far. The money that we will make from the businesses will thus help us a lot in making other developments and paying for the children's school fees.

GiveDirectly did well by coming to our homes during the enrollment. They got to see for themselves how we are living and the challenges that we are facing. I do not see anything wrong with how they do their work and I hence urge them to keep up the good work.

We spent the transfer money on buying a cow. We bought it at KES 16000. We decided to buy the cow to add to the ones that we have because the cows are usually of great help to us. We usually have enough milk for our consumption and we also usually supply the surplus to the school that my children are studying and by doing so we get to pay for their school fees little by little. Other than selling milk, we also practice farming and we usually sell some of the farm produce. The money that we make from the sales is what we usually depend on to buy maize for our consumption and other household goods such as sugar, salt, etc. We also bought a water tank at KES 20000. We bought the tank because the rivers are too far away and we do not have access to clean water. The water tank was going to help us collect clean rainwater for household use. We are glad that it has rained and we now have clean water. We hence no longer make long trips to the river to fetch water. Other than the above, we also spent KES 10000 on paying school fees for our child. We did not manage to pay the whole amount but we are happy that we were able to pay a little and he has not been sent home due to arrears. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the support, may God bless you.

It was about 11.00a.m and I was in my barber shop serving my customers.I had not checked my phone since on that day I was busy. Upon checking, I saw a message and when I checked,it was a confirmation of receipt of promised cash from Givedirectly.I immediately went and withdrew the transfer since my child had been sent home earlier that day to collect school fees.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy of seeing my child settle in school and now can study in peace .In addition, obtaining a heifer also has made me happy though it has not started producing milk but I hope soon it will start producing milk which will help us in a great way by giving us extra litres of milk which we can sell to earn income.

Though I had discussed with my wife on how to spend the cash transfer, a matter of urgency arose whereby my child I had been sent home collect school arrears.I immediately went and withdrew the money and paid a total of Ksh.6,000 and sent back my child to school so that she could cope with what she had missed on that very day.We also considered obtaining a heider at Ksh.18,000 which was an addition to the existing livestock and in future we can get enough milk especially during dry seasons.I also purchased two sacks of maize at Kshs.6800 which will feed my family as we wait for the next harvest.With the remaining amount.we bought clothes and other general household items.