Having livestock of my won has become possible only because of the transfers from GiveDirectly. For a long time, I wanted to start keeping a cow but I could not personally afford a heifer. The business of livestock trading was not raising enough to meet our household needs including school fees and food. I needed to have an income from a dairy cow that will enable me to provide for the family while my husband's efforts in business to handle school fees. I am now glad to be a contributor to my household's income.

In my opinion, GiveDireclty treated all villagers equally. I love the fact that everyone in my village benefits regardless of their financial status and occupation.

I spent the money to expand my livestock trading business. I then bought a heifer. It will soon calve. I was targeting to have milk for house consumption. I will, however, be selling part of the milk for income. Milk production is the mainstay activity in our village. I will benefit too from the ongoing refurbishment of a local milk cooling plant put up by the government.

My husband have been operating as a livestock broker in our society which was doing well but the overwhelming family needs make his profits to small to rely on. We had to spend most of the coin he got from this business to sort out these needs. The business is a source of income to us and despite the challenges, his desire has been to boost this business. Thus when I received my first transfer, I took KES 25000 to inject to the business that would enable me to operate my business without any difficulties. This to me is an investment from which I am expecting a good income that will enable me to meet my financial needs. I am now happy that my husband's business is doing better, which makes it be the biggest difference in my daily life.

I received a new message notification early that morning when I was already up preparing our breakfast. When I checked what the content could be, I was filled with happiness when I realized that I had received some money from GiveDirectly. I was filled with joy knowing that my child who is in her first year Kenya Medical College would easily get her school fees.

I believe the key to a bright future for my children is giving them education. I have children in various schools and colleges that I always work hard to see them get a humble time to study and attain good grades. My biggest challenge has been raising a lumpsum amount of fee collectively needed. When I received my first transfer I took KES30000 to pay college fees for my daughter in Kenya Medical Training College. I am happy that she will have a humble time to study as I look for the next semester fee. My husband has been a livestock broker, a business that has done to sustain our family. I gave him the remaining amount to boost the business since this will always help him gain more profits that can see our family meet the needs.