With the transfer, we were able to achieve our main goal of building a more spacious house and purchasing a dairy cow. At the moment, I am aiming at building a kitchen for my family since I moved a bit from where we used to live since I want to leave our current house for my eldest son who is sleeping at his grandmother's house. I am a vegetable vendor selling different kinds of vegetables and I am planning to save part of my daily income and use it to buy building materials in bits and I believe that I will achieve this with time.

GiveDirectly officers were not biased in their targeting criteria and they were not believing in rumors. They informed those who were not of independent houses that they would not be enrolled instead of lying to them as other organizations would have opted to do and they made sure that people understood what was being said at the barasa.

Building a more spacious house for the family was our priority when GiveDirectly came for enrollment. When I received my first transfer, I spent some amount on the purchase of building materials and upon receiving the second one, I spent KES 20000 to commence the construction process by buying some timber and paying for the labor. In addition, I spent KES 28000 on the purchase of a dairy cow. I am happy that I will no longer be buying milk very soon when it calves, rather, I will earn some money through the sale of surplus. I spent the remaining KES 5000 on foodstuffs.

Even though I had been so excited with the hope of receiving the transfer, my joy after confirming the money in my account on the D-day was overwhelming. The reality just dawned on me that it was finally time to put all the ideas I had been having into action. I was alone at home that morning as my children had already left the house for school, and their father was also out to his job. I had to inform him through the cellphone and he was also so excited that he promised to be home early that day.

The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the first transfer is the construction of a new house. Even though we have not moved in yet, I have a lot of hope that it will be spacious enough to accommodate us with our four children. It will also be good for them since they will finally find more space to study and complete their assignments every evening after school.

Just after the enrolment into the program, I have been planning with my husband how best we would spend the money once we receive it. We had a lot in mind but since the first transfer could not have been enough, we finally settled on the construction of a new house as we had been living in a small one that was so squeezed for my family of six. My children had been sleeping in their grandparents' house as the small space in our current house was not enough for all of us. We had to buy several building poles, 28 iron sheets, nails, and also paid the labor charges. The total cost of the construction so far is at KES45000 as we are currently working on the interior as we approach the termination stage of the project. With the remaining amount, I managed to obtain a sack of maize at KES4000 and other household goods with remaining amount.