My spouse and I depend on farming and it has become unreliable lately due to pests, diseases, and unpredictable weather conditions. It is my wish to start a retail shop business in the neighborhood. With this, I am assured of getting more customers since we currently walk for a long distance to the nearest shop. Though I do not have a specific way of getting money to set up this, business, I believe that God will come through at His appointed time.

GiveDirectly officers enriched us with the knowledge that we did not know concerning GiveDirectly and its operations. They enrolled everyone without any discrimination and they fulfilled their promise of sending us the transfer. Because of this, the lives of people in the village have changed.

When I received my transfer, I spent KES 25000 on the purchase of a heifer as a way of investing this money. I will be using money from the sale of surplus to pay school fees for my children. Also, I spent KES 5000 to pay school fees for my son in private school and used the remaining KES 22000 on foodstuffs, utensils, two three-seater seats, and clothes for the family.

On confirming the receipt of KES 55000 on my phone, I was really excited as this was the first time to receive such a huge amount in my account. I was home alone as my husband left home a bit earlier to attend to his usual Bodaboda business. I had to call him and on breaking the news, he was so happy and promised to be home earlier that day as we needed to plan. All over that time before he came back home, I had a mixed reaction as I was happy at the same time restless as the thoughts of being losing the transfer kept coming to my mind. I had to calm my nerves, kept myself busy, and ensured that the phone was always with me.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the improved living standard. At the moment, a lot has really changed, and have constructed a new house that is spacious enough for my growing family of seven that has been the biggest difference in my daily life. Currently, I am in the final stages of construction a sign that we are soon moving in so that we can demolish the old kitchen as we transition to the new house.

Receiving the first transfer was the best thing to ever happened in my life. This was the first time in my life after such a long time receiving such a huge amount. With my family of seven with all my five sons in school, it has been a struggle ensuring that I meet all their financial obligations both in school and at home. This has brought all the projects to a halt since I could not run any other parallel project. On receiving the first transfer, it was a great opportunity for me to construct a new house as we had been dependent on one small house as the main living room beside an old kitchen. It was getting smaller since my sons always need a better space to complete their school assignments. I used KES35000 from the money I received on constructing a new house after buying 26 iron sheets and paying the labor force. I also spent KES 10000 of the remaining amount on obtaining a bullock to add to the lactating cow I had been rearing. I have a plan to keep it and will be selling it out once it has grown enough to gather for the school fees. I spent the remaining KES 9000 on obtaining enough foodstuff for the household as we had been buying in small quantities that were quite expensive compared to obtaining in bulk.