Currently I do not have any new goals yet. I usually work with whatever is in my hands i.e once I get some money I compose myself and picture what I need and I start with the top priority. This is a way of avoiding stress and depression. If I set goals before getting or having no plans of getting money, the goals will deprive me of my happiness and peace of mind once I fail to fulfil them.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly is a white organization. Whatever it did to us has no comparison at all and we are happy for that. It enabled people to buy livestock while others constructed houses. Some people were starving but GiveDirectly rescued them by giving cash transfers. As far as I can speak, I haven’t seen any fault in the organization.

When I got the second transfer, the first thing I did was paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school. Since I wanted them to have a smooth learning environment, I decided to pay fees for the two terms so that I get a break as I hustle for the third term fees. In that regard I paid KES 35000.00 for them. Having settled that, I bought two cows so that I start raring too and for the remaining amount I bought some food.

I can still vividly remember it was around 9 in the morning when I was preparing breakfast for my children then I heard a long vibration from my cellphone. I was a bit nervous but since I am illiterate I realized my spouse had to check the contents of the message. Upon checking, he confirmed that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly, they had finally debited my KES 55000 into my Mpesa account. I was overwhelmed with joy and I remember leaving the cooking and started celebrating with my spouse for we knew that we would achieve a lot through this financial support.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the transfers, I was able to send my children to school. They have been on and off due to the huge school fees balances and this forced them to stay home for weeks. s a parent I was always stressed up because I felt I had failed them. They used to miss important exams and they were always forced to repeat which was so demoralizing. Being jobless, my spouse has been the family breadwinner who depends on casual jobs( burning and selling charcoal) which he could sometimes earn KES 150 a day. With a family of nine that was not enough to sustain the family's needs and pay school fees on time. However, we have always been hopeful that these troubles would come to an end. I am happy GiveDirectly has restored the joy in life especially when seeing my children in school courtesy of GiveDirectly.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying three goats at a total of KES 7000. This has been my long-time dream to at least own one but because of the financial constraints, I couldn't afford it. I also bought a plastic water tank (240litres) at KES 2500 which will enable me to harvest and store the rain water for my domestic purposes. I addition, I bought ten pieces of iron sheets at KES 10000, building poles, nails, timber, and threads. This was for the construction of a new house for my three sons who have been sheltering at their friend's houses which was relatively far from the village. I also paid the school fees of KES 11000 for my children and I am happy they will be able to sit for their examinations in three weeks' time. With the remaining amount of money, I bought sufficient foodstuffs for my family and other household items.