My new goal is to look for enough money that will enable me to take my child to the university once the results of the secondary school final examinations are out. He recently completed his secondary school studies and I would like him to join the university to further his studies. Other than that, I have a plan to till my land and plant maize and beans. I have already bought the seeds. Schools are closed for the holidays and hence the children are at home. I plan to till the land with them and plant. I am a farmer and the maize and beans that I grow, I usually supply some to the school where my child is studying. By doing so, I get to pay for his school fees.

GiveDirectly staff were very polite and understanding. They explained everything about the program slowly and they ensured that someone has understood everything. They also did not force anyone to get enrolled into their program. I thus do not see anything wrong with how they conducted their work.

I spent KES 30000 of my recent transfer on buying another cow. I decided to buy the cow to add to the one that I have so that when one is dry, I can still have a milk supply from the other. I am a farmer and I usually some of the milk. The money that I get from the sales, usually helps me in paying school fees for my children. I also spent another KES 12000 on buying two rolls of barbed wire. I want to fence the whole of my land so that I can leave the cows to graze freely on their own. I usually have to tie them up to restrain them from going to the farm and destroying crops. I also saved KES 6000 that I plan to use in buying school bags for my two boys. With the remaining transfer, I used KES 3000 on buying a bag of maize for our consumption and another KES 3000 I used it on buying some household utensils. I am thus so much grateful for everything that GiveDirectly has done for us.

It was around 11pm while already asleep when I heard an SMS notification on my phone. On checking, it was KES55000 from GiveDirectly and I had mixed feelings because at the time I was grieving the loss of my nephew.

The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness because through the transfers I have paid school fees. This was quite a burden especially during long dry spells when crops and cows wouldn't do well. I can also comfortably sit in my house because through the transfers I bought modern sofasets of which I couldn't afford before and used to seat on stools.

I spent KES25000 on payment of school fees for my kids in college and high school. I usually depend on dairy and maize farming in order to pay school fees. I also spent KES 10000 on a solar lighting system, KES 5000 on food and clothing, KES 5000 on two sofa set seaters and KES 2000 on funeral expenses.