So far, I have been able to buy four points of land, build a bigger house and purchase a dairy cow. I am happy that GiveDirectly helped me in achieving this and it is my desire to increase the size of land by acquiring more. This is the project I have in mind and I am planning to start saving for it. Apart from the confidence that I will gain from having a big portion of land, I will be able to set aside a section for animal feeds and a section to plant some crops like vegetables and maize for subsistence use.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by giving out a lump sum amount of money to people without dictating to them how to spend it. This gave people a chance to actualize their dreams in life and to better their living standards. Personally, my life has greatly been transformed by GiveDirectly and I am grateful for that. I do not see anything that they did not do well.

I had been living in a small grass-thatched house and we had no privacy as parents since we had to sleep in the same room with our two children. Apart from this, I had to spend KES 40 daily on a liter of milk aside from other basic needs like vegetables, maize flour, and cooking fat. As a hands man at the construction site, I had not been able to save money for the construction of a bigger house or even to buy a calf. Upon receiving my second transfer, I spent KES 24000 to purchase a heifer, spent KES 20000 to build a house for my family, and used the remaining amount on food and clothes for my family. I settled on this since buying milk had proven to be expensive and my family would at times be forced to drink tea without milk. I am happy that we now live in a bigger house and I enjoy my privacy since I can sleep even during the day without worrying about being disturbed.

I was at home relaxing with my children as I had not been lucky to find any job on that day. It was around 10 am when I received a confirmation message indicating that the transfer from GiveDirectly had been deposited in my account and my heart was filled with joy. When I informed my family, they all became so happy and my spouse lead us in a word of prayer after singing a hymn to thank God for the blessings. Receiving this money wiped away my sorrows of living in a small portion of land and I will forever remain grateful to GiveDirectly for coming to my rescue.

I used to live in a small piece of land before enrollment and it had always been my dream to increase it and to purchase a dairy cow so that I would also be at the same bar with other people in terms of developments. I had already started saving some money to use in acquiring a dairy cow but I knew that buying a piece of land would be difficult since the price keeps on increasing as the days goes by. I am glad and grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to fulfill my dream that would have taken me so many years to achieve on my own.

My parents used to sell their land frequently with nothing, in particular, to spend the money on and we had no say as children. Because of this, when I got married, I had to live in a rental house with my family. By this time, God had blessed me and had managed to own a dairy cow and its heifer but I decided to sell them and use the money to buy a piece of land so that we would move out of the rental houses. This is where we've been living but with the challenge of buying milk daily. I work at the construction sites as the hands' man where I earn KES 400 a day when I am lucky to get the job. This money was only enough to cater to basic needs for my family of four. I am glad that the transfers came in handy in uplifting our lives as I was able to use KES 40000 to buy a piece of land and spent KES 20000 to purchase a heifer after topping some amount. I am planning to plant some Napier grass for my cow on the piece of land that I was able to acquire and I am hopeful that my family will have milk for consumption in the next 15 months when it calves.