I had no stable source of income and only depended on casual construction jobs for income. After receiving the transfer, I ventured into self-employment, starting a business on second-hand clothes then later into the motorcycle taxi business that I currently have. The business proved stable enough and gave me the courage to get married because of confident in providing for the family. I have put behind me the fears of going hungry and being kicked out of my rental place of residence for delayed rent payments because I now have a business that can certainly take care of all of these. I also have dreams and ambitions to better my future and that of my family, something that I never had before, I as I only lived a day at a time.

I am a really huge fan of dreadlocks which has made me want to take a hairdressing course, specializing only on dreadlock maintenance. My goal is to start saving so that I can enrol in a beauty college and take up the course. When I finally qualify, I will work at a salon from mid-morning to late afternoon when there is not much work on the motorcycle taxi business that I currently do. This is a means of earning an extra income to fend for my growing family.

Part of my last transfer was stolen in my house where I had kept it after withdrawal with plans of purchasing a motorcycle for a taxi business as I had planned. This interfered with my plans and I had to take a loan and abandon my previous business so that I could add the capital to the money I had left in order to buy the motorcycle.

My life has really changed as compared to how it was initially. Currently, I can afford to have electronics in my household. Before this was left for the rich and employed. I run my own business and can afford to pay my rent and even buy food consistently. This is a miracle because this was never the case, I used to struggle to put food on my table. I am glad Give Directly came to my rescue may God richly reward you.

Apart from the clothes business, I have been yearning to also start a shoes selling business to run parallel with the cloth business. In the near future when I receive my next transfers, I will see into it that I start a shoe business.

I run a second- hand clothes business that I had started a few months before I started receiving my transfers. When I received my recent transfers I opted to add more stock to see my business grow and even serve more customers. This way, my earnings will definitely increase.

My goal is to have my own motorcycle company, where I can buy the bikes from abroad, and resell them here in Kenya.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have hope for my future. I finally see myself see myself achieving my dreams of owning my own motorbike and running my own transportation business.

I spent my most recent transfer to pay for a course in motorbike riding. I have been hawking second hand clothes in Mathare, alongside being engaged in casual jobs. I have always wanted to have my own motorbike so I can use it for transportation business to carry passengers to their destinations for some pay. I have admired this business for a while now. I never knew I would ever realize this dream, as owning a motorbike only, seemed like something I would never achieve. I am happy and very grateful that I will be able to acquire a riding licence as I also make arrangements to purchase a motorbike with my coming transfers. Thank you Give Directly.

I was in my house watching a movie when a message came into my phone, on checking the the message, I was both shocked, surprised and excited all at the same time. I knew there and then that I would use the transfers to acquire a motorbike riding licence, just as I had initially planned. I took some few days with the money intact in my phone before withdrawing after some few days, to pay for the course.