My greatest wish as a parent is for my five children to complete their education successfully without disruption. I plan to clear their fees through maize sales and my husband's stock trading job. In addition, I also hope to begin a milk business in the village. I will borrow a loan from a friend as capital to initiate this business. As an opening stock, I plan on starting with 100 liters of milk, which I will purchase from the villagers at $0.40 a liter and then sell at $0.70 at the Bomet and Kapkwen markets. I will then use the profits to pay school fees for my children.

What fascinates me about the transfers is that they are not loans but grants. Because of this, people do not fear to invest, for they are assured of their safety as there is no payback. If this was a loan, personally, I could have run away from it and still be in the same spot. I am glad the change in the community is visible as people have invested fully in their families, and morale has been boosted.

Education is the key to success, and every parent desires the best for his or her children. Being among them, I made this a success through the payment of $450 in school fees for my son and daughters in grades 9, 11, and 12, respectively. This could not be a success without the transfers because my family of seven depends on my husband, Richard, who is an active stock trader, to earn a living. Robert earns $50 a month, and all this pays for food for the household and partly for school fees. Sometimes my children are sent out of school due to arrears, but currently they are not. Alongside my husband's job, the family also cultivates maize on the 0.3 acres of land to harvest 3 bags of maize in a year, a produce that has been low, unlike the past 4 years when we could harvest 8 bags of maize in a year on the same land. This has been affected by the harsh climatic conditions and diseases.

I received a message alert on my phone, and when I checked it around 5:00 p.m., I discovered that I had received the first transfer from GiveDirectly that I was expecting. I was at home at the time with my children, who were overjoyed when they saw the message. I was overjoyed to receive my first transfer just a few days after enrolling. Many people in the village were surprised because it arrived earlier than expected. We had to wait another week in our household to plan, and when we were ready, we picked it up from a nearby shopping center on the second week.

The most noticeable difference in my daily life is the abundance of water, not only for my livestock but also for irrigating my land. The construction of a dam has been beneficial and will be useful during severe droughts. I'm not driving my animals to the community streams anymore, but rather finding enough water within the compound.

I was overjoyed to receive my first transfer just a few days after enrolling. Many people in the village were surprised because it arrived earlier than expected. We had to wait another week in our household to plan, and when we were ready, we picked it up from a nearby shopping center. Our top priority was to build a new house for my older son, who had just finished his eighth grade exams. He requires a private space where he can study at home and sleep at night now that he is an adult. I spent $200 on 1w3 iron sheets, building poles, nails, and labor charges. My son is now relieved that he has a room in which to sleep as well as a place to store all of his belongings while at home. We also built a dam, and despite having a large budget for it, we were lucky to use only $80 because the water filled it up before it was finished. It has since saved me money on buying water for my livestock and has also helped to irrigate my vegetable garden. In addition, my family of seven spent $10 on new pairs of clothes and food on Christmas Eve. I used some of the remaining funds to replace missing utensils and saved the rest to prepare my children for the start of school.