Even though I currently on livestock worth more than KES50000, my 1500 litres water tank gives me the biggest difference in my daily life. When I look back and how stress get access to clean water had been in my family, I am just left thank GiveDirectly for the support to acquire this tank. We receive low rainfalls in our areas and most of the time we are forced to go far fetch water. I used to spent a lot at same time waste a lot of time and energy going for small capacity of water. I thank GiveDirectly this has greatly reduced. I currently enjoy safe clean water at my doorsteps.

In my opinion, unconditional cash to the needy is the best and unique idea that I thank GiveDirectly for. We as the community we have met the different most pressing need among ourselves we had hold due to scarce resources. I don't see anything wrong in GiveDirectly's operations.

I had suffered for long spend a lot of energy and resources going for water at far. I made sure this stops or reduced by buying a 1500litre capacity water tank. I went a head to purchase two heifers worth KES20000 as a way of investing part of my transfer. I feel great to have added such assets in my farm. In addition, I used KES25000 to clear my children school fees. Education is the best gift I can offer my children and paying their fee on time was the best way to prove it.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a dairy cow. Before GiveDirectly visited, owning a dairy cow was only but a wish which I could not achieve due to lack of money. I am now glad since I no longer incur the cost of buying milk on a daily basis like before as I now get it from my cow which I bought using my transfer.

It was around 2 o'clock in the morning when I received a message notification. I decided not to read it due to the fear of the unknown and after some time of restlessness, I decided to wake up my daughter so that she would help me read the message. When she informed me that GiveDirectly had sent me the promised money, my heart was filled with happiness and I started singing silently. On that day, I could not take my breakfast due to the intense happiness that had filled my heart.

Buying milk has been my daily routine and it is always costly. When I received my first transfer, I spent part of it to buy a dairy cow. When it reproduces, my family will get milk for their consumption without incurring any cost and I will also be selling the surplus to get an income. In addition to this, I will at times be selling the heifer in order to cater for my children's education. I used the remaining amount to buy barbed wire and poles to use in fencing my farm. I settled on this so that I would be always at peace whenever I am not at home as I will not be worrying about livestock invading my crops.