My life is currently different from how it would have been had I not received the transfer. This is because I currently own some assets such as sheep that I did not have before. I can always lean on them in case of a financial crisis. Also, I nowadays sleep well because the transfers enabled me to acquire a bed. Before I GiveDirectly came for enrollment, I used to sleep on the floor and it was always very cold at night and I would spend good hours of the night turning on the bed.

My additional goal in life is to buy a motorcycle so that I can hire someone to be operating it. This will enable me to still earn an income even on the days when I do not have work at the construction sites.

I received my recent transfer at the time when I had just lost my father. Since I am the eldest son in my family, all the responsibility was on me. Due to this, I spent the entire amount to pay for the mortuary bill and to cater for the funeral. I am glad since GiveDirectly allowed me to give my father a decent send-off.

My life is really different at the moment. I spent KES 5000 of the first transfers to start my wife a grocery business. It is a decision that I have never regretted. This has greatly helped me as far as meeting my family needs is concerned. Earlier on before receiving the transfer my family used to solely rely on me for the needs. The burden was sometimes too much on me. It was even more challenging to fend for my family as construction jobs are seasonal and pay little. At the moment I feel so much relieved since as at now my wife got us. She can pay bills whenever I am jobless. I am the happiest now, thanks to the transfers.

I have a plan to building a house upcountry. Before receiving these transfers I had no such plan. When I received the transfers I saw it as a great opportunity to build myself a house since I had none back home. The main challenge came whenever I travel to my rural home since I have no place to sleep together with my family. I also have a plan of relocating my family back home since its much cheaper to maintain them there. I have no reliable source of income since I rely on construction jobs which are seasonal. Therefore I could not have had the ability to build a house. I have made progress with and I have roofing sheets worth KES 17000. I also have a plan of doing a driving course. The next transfer will cater for the fee required. After the course, I will be certain of a more reliable job and hence steady income for my family.

I spent the most recent the transfers as follows: I bought iron sheets worth KES 17000 since I am planning to build a new house in my rural home. I also paid rent with KES 8000 this had accrued for three months. KES 5000 came in as capital for starting my wife's grocery. These were the expenses around rent, buying stock and getting the whole place ready for business I then saved KES 4000 and sent my mother KES 2000 for her upkeep.

I have no house back at home and I wish to construct one with the next transfer, at least to take away the shame of living in the city yet having nothing to show for it. I also plan to start a shop business for my wife so that she can also have her own source of income and assist with the family responsibilities. This will be quite helpful because the casual jobs that I mostly rely on are very irregular and unreliable.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a bed which has given my tiny house a facelift. I also have livestock which I never thought I could own in my life due to my low income.GD has taken away my shame as I can now brag of owning something of value.

I decided to invest part of the money that I received back at home by purchasing four goats which I plan to sell in a few years in order to buy a cow. My initial desire was to buy a cow, but I was not able to do so because the money was little and I had other pressing needs as well. I spent the rest of the money on household items, ie bed and foodstuff.

On the day that I received the money, I had no money on me and was going to leave my family with absolutely no money for food. I just can't explain how happy and thankful I was to see such a beautiful message and all I could think of was buying my family a wonderful breakfast before planning on how to spend the rest of the money.