I don't have new goals at the moment. I have two children who are in school, one is in secondary school and the other is in college. I hence still have the responsibility of paying school fees for them. I, therefore, plan to continue finding a way to pay it. I usually grow maize on my farm and when it does well, I usually supply most of it to the school where my child is learning. This then acts as my payment for the school fees. Apart from maize, I sometimes grow other crops such as beans and cabbages which I also supply to the school when they are ripe. I also at times buy trees and I cut them down for firewood. I supply the firewood to the school and through this way I get to pay for my child's school fees.

GiveDirectly did well because they uplifted the lives of many in the community. There was no bias because all the people got the transfers. Most people were living in only one house that is grass-thatched before but with the transfers, many have been to build another house that is roofed with iron sheets. Apart from constructing houses, some of them bought livestock that they never had before and others paid school fees for their children.

I spent most of my second transfer on building another kitchen. I had an old kitchen which was grass-thatched and mud-walled. My wife was no longer able to smear it because of her old age. Although I had always wanted to construct another kitchen, I was not in a position to due to lack of money. I used to work at a tea company before and when I retired, I used my savings on buying a motorcycle. I hence usually do the motorcycle business of transporting people from one place to another. The money that I make from the business, most of it usually goes to the purchase of foodstuffs such as cabbages which I supply to my son's school as payment of school fees. I am therefore so much grateful to GiveDirectly because I was able to achieve my dream of building another kitchen. I built a kitchen that is made of wooden planks, iron-roofed, and cemented on the floor. My wife thus no longer gets tired of smearing mud on the walls and the floor of the kitchen.

The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember vividly like yesterday that it was around 8am 9am. When I received a ring tone message from my phone. I was at a merry go round group that we started in our village. I reluctantly check it. I could not even believe my eyes, it was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and overwhelmed with joy. I went outside and called my spouse to inform her of the good news. She was so happy too and celebrated. I knew I would be able to buy a water tank for storing water for domestic use. After we finished the merry go round group, I went and withdrew the money and bought a water tank the same day. I am so happy because GiveDirectly came to our rescue at the right time.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a 3,000 litres water tank. We used to walk for more than 4km to collect the clean water for drinking and for domestic used. This was so tiresome and time consuming. Because of our old age it was so stressful and very demoralizing. We were also being exposed to water related diseases since the water was not clean. When I received the transfer I felt so happy and we decided with my spouse to purchase a water tank. Current we have plenty water for all our work at home and we give our goats to drink and even spray our vegetables. We are no longer exposed to water related diseases. We have saved time to work on our farms. We are so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard to be much better than before.

I spent KES 25,000 on purchasing a water tank for storing water for domestic use. We used to collect waster from the river, this was so tiresome and time consuming since the river was far from home. I bought some materials and build a shade for the tank. Secondly I bought building materials at a cost of KES 20,000.I am planing on building a better house for my family. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my children. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard to be much better than before.