Currently, my life is different from how it was before Give Directly came into my life in that, I now stay in my own house. I used to stay with friends because I didn't have a stable source of income that would sustain me or even pay rent. Since I paid rent for the whole year, I have been peaceful and have started enjoying the privacy and freedom that comes with staying alone.

I do not have a new goal at the moment. I want to make sure that I complete constructing the house that I had started building a few months ago with the second transfer. Owning a house will allow me to settle and allow me to start doing other development projects and income-generating activities

I spent the whole of my third transfer on purchasing more building materials. I had started building a house back at home but the materials were not enough. I now want to finish building it so that I will no longer be sleeping in the kitchen whenever I visit my parents. I used to get embarrassed and at times fail to go home for months. Having my own place means a lot to me and that is why I prioritized spending most of my transfer to meet this goal.

Previous before the transfers were sent, I used to work as a janitor and this was not satisfying as I earned little money that was not enough to sustain me. I did this for two years without any savings. When I received my transfers, I bought two hand carts and currently I make way much more than I used before and I can comfortable foot my bills.

I am planning to start a wholesale shop where I can stock building tools to sell to the local market. In my community, manual labor is the order of the day and almost everyone needs tools to help them make their work easier. So I saw this a business opportunity and thought to myself why not.

When I received the previous transfer, I bought two hand carts. With the hand carts, I am guaranteed of a daily income from the hire of the hand carts. Where I stay the business is lucrative but initially, I did not have the financial ability to invest in the business. used to work as a janitor which never gave me enough resources.

I'm glad I was able to meet the major goal which was to stay together with my spouse as a family and I owe this to GiveDirectly. Currently, I have an additional goal of purchasing a hand cart which I'll be using as a source of income because I'm planning to use it to carry people's luggage at a fee. At the same time, I'll be hiring it out to those in need of it a fee. This will enable me to easily meet my family's needs and save some cash for constructing a house in the future because I do own a house at the moment.

My life is currently different from the way it would have been had I not received the transfers in that if it wasn't for the GiveDirectly money my spouse and I would still be staying apart because we couldn't afford to construct or rent a house. This is not the case anymore because I was able to use part of the transfer to pay for house rent, and we are currently staying together. Having achieved this, I feel so happy and proud.

My brother stole the phone which I was given by GiveDirectly leaving me with no phone so the moment when I received the transfer, I bought a new phone to replace it. In addition to that, my wife and I had been staying apart for a long period of time because we did not have a house. This forced her to stay with her parents while I was putting up with a friend. I, therefore, used part of the money to rent a house and I'm happy we are now staying together. I also bought clothes for my children because they did not have presentable ones and also to show that I am a responsible father.

It was around 5.am in the morning and I was already awake preparing to go to my usual duties when I heard my phone beep twice then I wondered who had sent me a message at such a time because it was so unusual for me to receive a message at that time. I decided to check and I could not believe what I saw. Therefore I read the message twice. After confirming from my mpesa balance I believed truly this is the money we were promised by GiveDirectly. I knelt down and prayed to thank the Lord then went for work.