I am glad that I was able to accomplish all the plans I had before receiving the transfer. At the moment I have a new goal to renovate the old house I had been living in. Maintenance of both walls and the floors made of mud had been so hard that at some point, I have had to hire someone to renovate it. I have a plan to cut down a few trees within the compound to produce enough timber that can replace the mud on the walls and later I will build my savings to buy sand and cement meant for the floors.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does well in all phases right from the sensitization stages where everyone was given full information on the running of the project to the end. I am happy that everyone is given a chance to spend the received amount in any way that would serve their needs. I have nothing against GiveDirectly at all since nothing at all went contrary to what they had promised us.

I had been living with my family of six on a small piece of family land for over ten years now. My children's growth had been a worry to me since the space was getting so squeezed every other time that I could not even afford to practice neither subsistence nor livestock farming. I had a plan to secure a piece of land before receiving the first transfer but had no finances that would have enabled me to buy from the neighborhood. On receiving the first and the second transfer, I saw it as an opportunity to finally secure a piece of land. I had saved KES 30000 after spending part of the first transfer that I added to the whole of the second transfer and used in paying for the piece f land. I am glad that I can now expand my livestock farming which can be beneficial for my growing family of six.

It was around 10 am and I was busy on my kitchen garden weeding when I suddenly heard my neighbors celebrating giving thanks to GiveDirectly. I quickly got out of my farm and I went to check my phone which I had left it charging in the house. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the message saying that I had received KES 55000. I was so happy and I called my husband who had stepped out to work. He was so happy when I told him the good news that he decided to come back home to confirm the good news for himself.

The transfer has brought a very big difference in our daily lives. We no longer worry about what we are going to eat because we bought some food with part of the money that is going to last us for a while. I have therefore been able to save some money from the casual jobs that I usually do and I have joined a self-help group. I have started saving money by making contributions and I believe that this move will be of great help to me and my family in the future.

We spent most of the money in buying a cow. We decided to settle on buying one because we wanted something that will be our source of income in future. When the cow calves, we will be able to get milk that we can consume and sell. The income that we will get from the sale of milk will be used in payment of school fees for our children. We have always wanted to own a cow but due to financial constraints, we have not been in a position to. The little money that we get from casual jobs most of it usually goes to the purchase of food and hence not enough to save.