Some of the new goals that I have include having a larger flock of animals in my homestead. I would like to have more goats, cows, and sheep that would generate profit that would help me pay for my children's school fees. I would also want to own a bigger butchery that will continue to help my husband expand the business

For us to receive the money and make the decisions on our own is one of the things GiveDirectly does well. And for us to use the money for our interest without having to return the money with no interest at all is great. Ever since the organization came to our village, you can see the progress that most homesteads have made. So far I haven't seen anything that you should improve on

I opened up a butchery for my husband and that is where most of my transfers were spent on. I also bought a cow for my homestead that enables me to sell milk to my neighbors and that generates income for us.

It was exactly 9:03 am and I was at home taking breakfast with my children when I heard my phone ringing notifying me of a new message. I stopped to check and I could not believe what I saw. I was so happy and at the same time, it took me by surprise because I had never received such a huge sum of money in my life before. My children noticed my excitement and they asked me what was going on. I told them we had received the promised money from GiveDirectly. They were so happy about this and they joined me in the celebration.

The transfer from GiveDirectly has brought a very big difference in our lives as a family. This is because the cow that we bought has calved and we now have milk for our consumption and sale. We plan to use the money from the milk sales that we will get at the end of the month in making other developments such as buying another cow. Our lives have thus been uplifted and we no longer worry about where to get the money to do what we have always wanted to do.

We spent most of the money that we got on buying a cow. We had always wanted to purchase a cow of our own but due to lack of money, we were not able to. The one that we have been having was not ours. I engage in small-scale farming where I earn approximately KES 500 per week from the sale of my farm produce. My husband owns a small butchery business in the nearby town. The money that we get from our small incoming-earning activities has not been enough to save up to buy a cow. Most of it usually goes to the purchase of food and payment of school fees for our four children. We are thus so much grateful to GiveDirectly for making our dream come true.