After utilizing the second transfer as per my plans, I developed another goal that I aim to accomplish. If I get some money, I want to fix tap water at my home. Currently, Freshwater is pricey and we have to move a longer distance to get it. Based on that, I developed a goal of fixing the same to reduce the cost of traveling since I have to hire a motorbike to fetch the water. Once I have a freshwater tap at home, it will be an opportunity for me to start a shop business because the ones who will be coming to fetch water will also require some items like personal effects and foodstuff.

I cannot complain about what GiveDirectly did by any means. Mine is thanksgiving and gratitude for how far the organization has brought me. Initially, I had a small "makuti" house. The house was not only congested to accommodate my family but also risky to live in because I poorly built it due to a lack of building materials. Currently, we are happily living in a well-built, spacious house. This could not come to pass anytime soon if it were not for GiveDirectly.

When I got the second phase of the transfer, the first thing I did was buy three sacks of maize for KES 11400.00 to ensure that there is food security at home. This is because the time we were in was a dry season of food scarcity, and getting money was also a challenge. Secondly, I opted to complete my house, which I had started with the first transfer. Therefore, I bought 10 pieces of iron sheets for KES 11000.00 and the roofer charged KES 3500.00. As of now, I am very happy since my house is complete and operational. Sleeping in an iron-roofed house was just a dream and I did not see it coming to pass anytime soon, but GiveDirectly made the dream valid. Being a father of four primary school-going children, I had some school fee arrears for my children. Including the current school fees by then, it amounted to KES 5500.00. Therefore, I cleared the whole debt despite the children being settled in school after talking to the administration. Thereafter, I bought three goats for KES 9000.00 to symbolize GiveDirectly at my home. I saved the remaining amount for the family's upkeep.

Being a motorbike taxi driver, I was riding my motorbike coming from fetching water for my family consumption. I heard a message notification on my phone, I stopped riding and checked the message on my phone. I felt very happy after realizing that I had received my transfer from GiveDirectly. This is because my plan of refurbishing my house was finally about to be achieved.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am living in a decent irony roofed house with the family. My children are enjoying their nights in a proper shelter and I no longer have to worry when it rains at night. This is a great development that I would not have done in a very short time without the transfer. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the aid that has transformed our lives for the better.

For many years, I have been living in a grass thatched house. I was experiencing a lot of challenges especially during the rainy season because of the leaking roof. Seeing my kids spending sleepless nights due to the poor condition of our house bothered me a lot. My desire was to change it to an Iron roofed one but I lacked the finances to accomplish this wish. After receiving my transfer, I spent KES 38000 to purchase 18 iron sheets, timbers, nails and paying the labor charges for put up the new roof. I also used KES 8000 to clear all the fee arrears for my 2 children and pay all the term one fee. I also bought school uniforms for 2 of my kids that were yet to join the primary school. They had reached the age of joining school but I lack the finances to start them off. Lastly, I bought one goat to start a goat rearing a long-term investment for the family. I am also planning to spent my second transfer to boost my livestock rearing.