Following two months of running a poultry project and understanding the management details for the venture's prosperity, I'm persuaded to continue to push it to a level higher and make it more productive later on. Alongside the dependency in the project, I wish to venture into the egg-selling business where I will gather the eggs from the town at a focal area and deliver them in mass to the distinguished outlets. Purchasing an egg at $0.1 dollar and selling it at $0.15 is a worthwhile business that I believe will secure my family better pay.

Giving everyone an equal chance to learn about the project, sign up, and ultimately receive the same amount of money on the same day, was a remarkable idea by GiveDirectly that significantly improved the community. To date, everyone has had positive things to say about GiveDirectly, and no one has expressed any dissatisfaction with the entire process.

I have a family of three whose growth has challenged my monetary steadiness because of the unstable kinds of revenue. I have been battling a great deal in the earlier months. However, the receipt of the transfers has supported my ambitions a lot. Despite the fact that I am still struggling to provide for the day-to-day basic needs of my family, I am confident that the heifer that I purchased at $230 will be an income-generating source once it calves down. Not exclusively will the dairy cow give us milk, but selling its calves will help in the payment of school fees for my child, among other family needs. Aside from my only kid, I also have my young sister living with us and have been going to a nearby day school. On getting the second patch of the transfers, I took her to a better school where she can get better learning materials and boarding facilities. Taking her to the new school after spending $200 on her additional set of school outfits, and stationeries, and furthermore, paying part of her tuition charges made her grateful to GiveDirectly for the generous support. In addition, I spent the remaining amount on extending the poultry project I had begun with the first transfer, and at the moment, I have a sum of 20 birds and gathering not less than 10 eggs each day which thus, earns me an appreciable income that can settle the minor household bills.

It was around 10 am when we were going about our daily activities when my in laws informed me that they had received money from GiveDirectly. I had not checked my phone to confirm the same and when my in laws shared the good news with me I checked and met a pleasant surprise from GiveDirectly. I immediately called my husband and shared the good news with him. He was so elated to hear this and we later got down to planning on how we were going to put the money into good use.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the change that has happened to us as a family.The fact that I was able to improve my compound and the livestock that I bought have improved my livelihood and that of my family by a great extent. I had not been able to do some of these investments since I work as a casual laborer and the money that I get from it is hardly enough to make ends meet.

We used part of the money to buy a chain link to fence our compound and used some to buy livestock for keeping. I was also able to pay school fees for my children and used some to build a poultry house since it was one of my priority projects that would see me more income and have better living standards for my family. bought livestock with some. I still have Kes 5000 saved in my account.