I have taken care of my father's heard of cows most of my life and this has ingrained a big passion for livestock in me. When I heard I would be receiving this money I knew I could make this dream of mine come to life. I knew that I would use this money to buy cattle which I would also herd and turn it into my own economic activity. I have been bought a number of goats and chicken with this transfer and I am well on the way to becoming an animal farmer. I had not thought much about my other goal untill I received my money. I was in debt in Mombasa where I had taken a loan to begin a car wash business which due to unfortunate circumstances hadnt done so well during the Pandemic period. I was chased out my house in Mombasa and was forced back to my country home. Now that I had received this cash I thought it prudent to settle the debt as It wasn't in order to still be indebted as they still pursued me which meant I had no peace.

I am so greatful to give directly for this transfer since I am now debt free. I also purchased chicken which now have young ones. One of my hens has 5 chick while another has 7 chicks. I was able to get 5 goats which I never had. I would have purchased more animals had we been able to farm and produce food. The drought cannot allow us to farm for food so we are full reliant of purchasing food and this for me has been a matter of great importance as I cannot leave my family to starve. I have no complain over the give directly transfers

My first transfer went into buying goats. I wanted to buy she goats that could breed and increase the herd. I set apart 10,000 shillings which I used to by 5 goats all for different prices which was dependent on quality of the animal.I also bought 5 hens and one cock to add to my animals, the chicken cost me 250 shillings each while the cock cost 1000 shillings. I also bought a bed and a mattress at 10, 000 shillings with each costing 5000 shillings. My children, my wife and I didn't have presentable clothes. I felt it as an important thing to buy clothes for the entire family so they would be able to have good clothes for them to wear. I had taken out a loan worth 32300 shillings in Mombasa to begin a car wash which eventually ran down. I paid 15000 to the lender from the first transfer. The rest of the remaining cash from the first transfer sorted out food for my family. I paid 17300 shillings to my lender from the second transfer so I could clear the loan completely and used 2500 shillings to buy a door for my house. The rest of the money I had left was directed to the purchase of food. We have had a long drought which has made it a difficult task acquiring food. I spent a large chunk of my transfer buying food over the period of time from recieving the transfer till now that I have 5000 still left which sorts water as well as food purchases.

Being a peasant livestock farmer, I was on the grazing field looking after my parent's cattle when I heard a messages notification on my phone. I remember it was around 10 am, I was eager to know the content of the SMS, After checking the phone, I realized that I had received the transfer. I was very happy since my financial challenges were soon going to be solved. I had to wait until evening to inform the rest of the household members whom we together rejoiced for receiving the transfer.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to restart my livestock rearing a reliable source of income for my family. Previously, I was looking after my parent's livestock and sold milk to support my family as a reward for the service offered. The income I earned was hardly enough since we are experiencing drought conditions that negatively impacted milk production.

I spent KES 14,000 of my transfer to purchase new beddings, this is because I was using the traditional beddings that includes sacks and treads bed which was not comfortable. I had wished to bought modern ones, however, I lack the finances to purchase the proper beddings. I also used KES 17,000 to purchase 5 goats and 8 chickens, this is to restart my livestock rearing a future investment for my family. Previously, I had some but I sold all of them to support the education of my children. Moreover, I used KES 12,000 to purchase new clothing for every member of my family. They had few pairs to change something that embarrassed me. The remaining amount assisted me to support my kid's education as well as buying enough food for the family.