We do not have a stable source of family income, we depend on subsistence farming to provide for our family and this is very challenging and uncertain. Unpredictable weather patterns and little rainfall in our area affects our crop production. We sometimes experience poor harvest which affects negatively on our family. We end up struggling financially to meet family needs. It is my wish to give our son Barrak Kikenyi quality education, I chose to take him to a private school now that our nearby public school is not performing well academically. This comes with another struggle of paying for his tuition fees. We are at times left with nothing to cultivate our farm.

I was feeling restless and stressed up when we experienced heavy rainfall and flash floods in our area. I had planted tomatoes on my one acre piece of land and it was ready for harvest. I was worried that it would end up being swept away by flash floods. River Perkerra was full of water and broke its banks, luckily my farm was spared and I was so happy.

It is unfortunate that I still share one bedroom with my children who are elderly. This is taboo in our culture, I have nothing to do since we do not have enough money to build them their room. I see hope in GiveDirectly's cash transfer as I will be able to build them a one roomed house costing about KES 20,000. I do not like when my son is sent back home to fetch school fees, so I will spend KES 20,000 from GiveDirectly to pay his school arrears and buy him a pair of school uniforms. We are planning to invest KES 50,000 on farming. This will help us support our family without struggling financially.