Currently my life is very different from how it was before. My mum is diabetic and she has frequent hospital visits. This meant that money was involved on every visit. When I received my transfers, the burden of paying the bills was reduced and made easier for me. With the business, I will be abler to settle her bills with much ease thanks to GD's support.

I currently do not have new goals, I am planning to expand my second- hand clothes business. I want to see it grow to another level where it can comfortable provide for my family needs. I am looking forward to increase my stock and expand my clientele.

When I received my transfers, I spent part of it to settle my mother's hospital bills that has been consistent. She is diabetic and frequently visits the hospital. I also paid bought a generator to help help her back at home given that electricity has not yet been connected back at home. The remaining amount was spent on household expenses and school fees for my children.

My life is currently different in that I am now able to provide basic needs for my family. In the past, I used to do casual jobs such as washing clothes to get money to provide food for my family. The money I got was not enough to buy food and at times my children could sleep hungry. I used part of transfers to to start new business where I sell second hand clothes and I am now able to provide enough food for my family with the income I get from the business. I thank Give Directly for the cash transfers since I no longer do casual jobs and my children do not sleep hungry as they used to do in the past.

My new goal is to expand my business. Currently, I have a small stock in my business and I get little income to cater for food only. I am planning to use my third transfer to expand my business where I sell second hand clothes. I will therefore be able to get more income from the business hence provide family basic needs and pay school fees for children without any challenge.

I spend my most recent transfer to build a brick-walled house for my mother. I decided on this because she was living in a small mud-walled house and could not accommodate all my family members. At times when my siblings come for holiday they could go to sleep with our grandmother since the house could not accommodate all of them comfortably. I also used part of transfer to start a new business where I sell second hand clothes. In the past I used to struggle to meet my family needs with the little money I got from casual jobs such as washing clothes. I am now happy since I used my transfers to start a business and I get a constant source of income to meet family needs and I no longer do casual jobs as I used to do before.

I currently depend on domestic jobs which are very rare to come by and sometimes not available at all. This kind of job has led me into a lot of debts just to provide for my family. To put all these behind me, I am planning to start a cloth selling business at a nearby market with the help of a friend who has promised to guide me. I will use my next transfers to purchase the stock and pay for the required licence.

I was always stressed about raising money to clear the debts I owed people. It was tough always hearing what my neighbours said about me behind my back because I was not able to pay back their debts in time that we had agreed.Ever since I received the money which I used to repay the loans,I have been stress free and look a lot happier than before.

I used some of the money I received to clear some debts I had such as my children's school fee arrears, loans from my table banking group and loans from my neighbours. I also paid my rent which was due for two months, sent some of the money to my mother to purchase medication for her chronic condition then spent the remaining amount on foodstuff.

On that particular day, I received the money, had no money to buy the daily household requirements such as food because I did not earn much money the previous day from the domestic jobs that I do. I was so excited that immediately after praying to thank God for such a miracle, I left the house to withdraw the money at a nearby M-pesa Agent to buy breakfast and other foodstuff for the whole day.