I want to continue educating my children until they finish school. I will be able to achieve this by saving little by little from my daily income. I am also planning to boost my business bit by bit after getting some small profit from the businesses. I would also request GiveDirectly for an additional transfer since I still have a long way to go with my family. An additional transfer will give me a big boost.

Receiving this money from GiveDirectly has been of great help to me and my family. At least my children are continuing with their education after I finished paying their school fees. I do not have any complaints at all but I am requesting additional transfers in order to continue educating my children and boosting my business.

With the first and second transfers I received from Give Directly, I managed to build a two-roomed house, and a veranda. Also bought a mattress and a bed. The second transfer I spent on paying kes. 20000 school fees for my form one son and bought 16 pieces of iron sheets at kes. 16000. Not forgetting adequate and healthy food for my family. I also decided to share this transfer with my two daughters in order to boost them start off their businesses. In that regard, I gave my first daughter kes. 5000 capitals to start selling cooking flour and the second daughter I gave kes. 6000 to start cooking and selling French fries. I believe by doing this our family will be able to afford basic needs with no issues. I am a mother of six, four girls and two boys. I am a casual worker who also farms maize, beans vegetables, and burning and sells charcoal. My husband works as a casual worker on a construction site.

It was exactly at 9 am when I was at my workplace trimming plants, this is a temporary casual activity at Komaza Kenya. I was with my friend who informed me that the GiveDirectly cash is out and several villages had received the aid. I decided to verify my phone and to my disbelief, I realized that I had received the transfer. I was very happy for receiving such an amount of money that would change our lives for the better.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am currently living a happy life after supporting my kid's educational needs. I am very sure that they will be able to get a quality education something that will assure them a better future.

I spent KES 11,000 to purchase proper beddings for my family. Previously, I was using a small, old mattress which was not comfortable. I also used KES 30,000 to clear all the school fees for my 3 children, 2 are about to join college and one secondary respectively. I also spent KES 5000 to boost my daughter's small shop business by purchasing more stock. Her shop was not stable enough due to insufficient capital. With the remaining amount, I bought iron sheets that I intend to use to construct a new and spacious house for my family. The one we have is small which forces some of my family members to seek refuge from our neighbor.