I spent $480 on purchasing a second-hand motorcycle. I had discussed with my spouse investing in an income-generating business. My spouse used to do casual jobs and the amount of money he would get was so small that he could not provide all the basic needs. We had always wished to start a business but there was no capital. I had no steady source of income either, I am doing small horticulture farming where by I plant maize and beans and this is majorly for consumption. Currently, my spouse operates a motorcycle taxi business, which has been our primary source of income. The daily income from this business is an average of $4 per day. we are able to meet all the basic needs of the family and even save some money for other investments. We are so grateful because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards to be much better than before. The remaining amount of money I spent on clothes, food and household items that we were lacking.

The training was perfectly done and most of the people in our village invested the money wisely. The money was unconditional most people invest in different income-generating businesses. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.

48k Motorcycle. My spouse is operating the motorcycle taxi operator.. We had always wished to start an income generating business. But I did not have the money.. We could study so much to get some income to meet the basic needs.. Casual jobs no steady source of income We get a daily income of 400kes which we used to buy basic needs.. This would have taken quite some time Clothes and household items.

It was around 6:30 Pm I was preparing supper when I heard a message notification from my phone. When I checked out I could not believe my eyes it was a message confirming that I have received some amount from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and immediately called my spouse who was not at home. He was so happy too and grateful when he heard that GiveGirectly had sent the transfer. This was one f the happiest evening we have ever had. We knew we would be able to purchase a daily cut to cut the daily cost of buying milk. I went and withdrew the money the following day. We are so grateful for the support.

Purchasing a dairy cow is the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because I used to buy milk daily and it was so costly for us. We would spend not least that KES 50 per day. This was much since I do not have a continuous source of income. We do small-scale farming where we plant maize and beans. This is majorly for consumption since the land is small. My spouse is employed as a security guard in one of the towns and the money that he would get was so small and it is meant for the basic household needs of the family. We had always wished to own a daily cow but this was not possible since there were no savings. When we received the transfer from GiveDirectly we decided to invest in daily keeping. This was to cut the daily cost of buying milk. Currently, I have enough milk for the family. I save the money that I would have used to buy milk for other basic needs. My children no longer missed getting milk like before. I am so grateful for the support since GiveDirectly has changed our living standards.

I spent KES 40,000 on purchasing a dairy cow. This was one of the main priorities since we used to buy milk daily and it was so costly since we do not have a continuous source of income. Currently, we have enough milk and we sell the surplus to earn an income to meet other basic needs of the family. We spent the rest of the money on purchasing an ox. My spouse had always wanted to pay part of the dowry to my parents. This was not possible because there was no money to pay the dowry. Currently, we have an ox and we will pay out as part of my dowry payments with a promise to wait for the rest. We are so grateful because GiveDirectly has improved our standard of living.