My new goal is to open a workshop for selling timber. Before I got the transfers, I used to help out a sawyer with his work. I developed an interest in sawing and hence I learned how to do the job. Apart from that, we used to make good money from the sawing business. When I got the second transfer, I decided to use it on buying a power saw machine. With having the power saw machine, people usually approach me to buy trees for them. I hence see a business opportunity of buying trees, sawing timber, and selling them. I plan to save up some of the money that I am making from sawing timber on starting the workshop business. My income will increase with the workshop business and hence I will be able to make other developments.

GiveDirectly did well because they uplifted the lives of many. I was able to purchase a motorcycle on hire purchase and a power saw machine. I hence no longer rely on casual employment to earn a living. The lives of the people in my community changed for the better since they were able to make many developments. Most people used to live in grass-thatched houses but they now live in houses that are roofed with iron sheets. I therefore urge them to continue with the same spirit of helping the needy.

I spent my second transfer money on buying a power saw machine. I decided to buy the machine because I wanted to start the business of sawing timber. I used to be employed casually to assist a sawyer with his work and with time, I developed an interest in the business and I learned how to do the sawing too. Besides this, one gets a good income from the business. Although I had developed an interest in the sawing business, I was not in a position to start one because I didn't have money to buy the power saw machine. I spent most of the first transfer money building another house. I am hence so much grateful to GiveDirectly because they enabled me to achieve my goal. The business is doing quite well, I plan to save up the money that I am making so that I can start a workshop for selling timber.

It was around 9 am when I heard my phone ringing, I was riding a motorcycle, therefore, I decided to park the motorbike so that I could read what the message was all about because I didn't have any client on board. when I stopped to check that was when I realized that I had received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly, I was so overwhelmed with joy that I could not proceed to where I was going but instead, I went back home to inform my wife.

I am the happiest man on earth because I used my first transfer wisely, I can proudly say that I now have a decent place to call home, in addition to that I own a motorbike which means that I will be having a reliable source of income and my family will no longer go to bed on an empty stomach, I am overwhelmed with joy because the transfer has positively impacted my life, Indeed, this is a lifetime opportunity that has transformed our lives and I am grateful for the support.

I am a motorcycle taxi rider in the village, the motorbike that I was using before was a rented one, therefore, I had to pay the owner every evening even for the days that I did not work to secure it, this was so strenuous especially on a low season. When the transfer came I used KES 25,000 in building a decent house for my family, I then paid a deposit of KES 20,000 in buying a motorbike which I m hopeful that I will clear the remaining amount with my second transfer