My goal for the upcoming year is to establish a livestock business, focusing primarily on goats. I believe that this venture will generate sufficient income to sustain myself through school and support my brother's education, even after the project concludes. I intend to utilize future transfers to kick-start this business. I am grateful for the organization's support as it has provided me with the opportunity to acquire skills that will enhance my life.

Previously, I worked as a boda boda rider, but now I'm enrolled in a mechanical course to improve my prospects. I strongly believe in expanding my skill set to secure better employment opportunities. Before receiving these transfers, I had no means of income to support myself. I am happy that I have been able to purchase a motorcycle through monthly payments and now I cover my course fees with the transfers. I allocated $27 to purchase a small goat, which I believe will prove useful in the future. Additionally, $34 went towards purchasing food for my family during Christmas festivities, and another $34 was utilized to settle my brother's pending school fee debt. The remaining funds were allocated to cover my mechanical course fees. This project has injected hope into my life, and I eagerly anticipate the future with optimism.

My ultimate goal is to fulfill my long-standing dream of pursuing a course in mechanical engineering. Despite facing significant financial constraints, I am determined to make this dream a reality with the invaluable support of GiveDirectly. My plan is to save every monthly transfer I receive, and by the beginning of next year, I hope to have accumulated enough funds to enroll in college. I am well aware that this education will serve as my pathway to a stable and fulfilling career, allowing me to secure a reliable source of income and ultimately transform my life for the better.

I had always dreamed of pursuing a career in mechanical work, but financial constraints had held me back for so long. When GiveDirectly provided me with their generous support, it felt like a true blessing, a ray of hope to make my dreams come true. With the recent transfer of $34.70, I made a conscious decision to save the entire amount to alleviate the financial strain of paying for my education. Thanks to GiveDirectly's support, I can now focus on pursuing my passion for mechanics with a sense of gratitude that words can't fully express.

I had intended to save money and use my transfer to enroll in a mechanic course. Though my original ambition was thwarted by my arrest, I am still hopeful. Once I have a consistent income, I will be able to start saving my earnings and utilize them to pursue a mechanics course. I value the mechanic course because it will provide me with skills that will allow me to earn a consistent income to support my family. As a result, if I complete the mechanic course, taking care of my family will no longer be a challenge.

I got my last three months' transfers when I was in jail. Because my friend was killed in our village, even though I was innocent, I was the first suspect because we had been together during that day. I am happy that, despite the difficulties I went through at the time, the monthly transfers were quite helpful to me. After three months in jail, my family could partially survive on my transfers. Although I still find it difficult to catch up after selling some of my possessions, such as my goats, I am hoping that I will be able to bounce back from my losses. I am incredibly appreciative of GiveDirectly's ongoing financial support.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly is doing a great job in helping people like us. Since birth, I had never received any form of aide from any organization, I feel happy because I am able to earn something to help sustain me, and there is nothing they are doing bad.

With my most recent transfer, I bought a goat. I initially had plans of buying a few livestock, but I had no money, but the transfer was of great help. With the money that I received of $30, I managed to buy a goat worth $32 upon topping up the $2 that I had. I have put plans in place for rearing the goat and I believe that it will give birth to more offspring and enable me to sell and earn some money from the proceeds to help me through my dreams of training as a mechanical engineer. I feel so happy about this program knowing that my dreams will finally come true.

I was looking after the animals when money came in and I felt a huge relief as soon as I saw the message and this is because I really needed the money at that moment and also the fact that I honestly did not expect the money to arrive then.

In my own opinion I'm very glad that finally I got the push to begin investing in poultry farming because this project is going to offer me some form of sustainability when it comes to myself especially since I do not have any job.

when I received the money I decided to split it in half and I used the first KES 600 and decided to buy three hens which accumulated to five since I already owned two before. The whole idea was for me to begin investing in poultry farming. Afterwards I decided to use the remaining half which was KES 600 and bought four packets of maize flour because nutrition was also a challenge.