My new goal is to own a reliable source of income for myself. I am aiming at investing $200 to start a grocery business where I will be selling tomatoes, cabbages, bananas and potatoes. This will supplement my earnings from the small food outlet where I sell tea and doughnuts. Once I accomplish this, I would be able to enable to earn $5 per day which will be able to fully support the needs of our family of 10 members especially the education of the 9 children.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in conducting meetings in the village and giving us information about mobile money which helped us a lot. Through the training, we were able to protect the transfers that prevent loss through fraudsters. I do not see anything that it does not do well. I wish it continues assisting poor people in society.

The transfer was of great help to me, I spent $240 to clear the second term fee arrears for my 4th born child who is in a national secondary school. Currently, I am happy that my kid is learning without any interruption. In addition, I used $180 to purchase a solar lighting system for our house. Previously, we were using paraffin lumps which did not provide enough light. Similarly, it requires purchasing paraffin every day which is costly. This was making my kids late to school every morning since it could end before 5am in the morning when they were required to start preparing for school since they are located a long distance. Furthermore, I bought proper modern bedding for $115 for myself, I was using mats and a traditional treads twisted bed which was not comfortable because I always felt body pains every morning.

It was around 8 in the morning when I was on my to town when I heard the loud vibration from my cellphone. Since I could not comprehend the message, I asked my son who had accompanied me to check the content of the messages. Upon checking, he realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and felt like I was in a dream. We even decided to go back home and start the planning as early as possible.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now an entrepreneur. Currently, I am operating the vegetable business in my village and I am so glad that the business has picked up so well. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I used to be a housewife and my spouse has been the breadwinner for all those years. Being in a polygamous marriage has never been easy at all. On most days, all my children would starve and above all be forced to stay at home while the others are in school. This was because of the huge fee balances has been accumulating every semester. I worried that they might even drop out of school since my spouse's low salary could not cater to all the responsibilities of the two households. I am now a happy mother that the business that I currently started is doing so well with positive returns. I am currently capable of taking good care of my children without the support from their father. This is the greatest dream and goal that I had been desiring to achieve.

I spent KES 30000 of my first transfer on clearing the fees for my son who recently joined secondary school. Additionally, I bought new uniforms, stationery, and sorts of the items needed for him to be comfortable in school. The transfer came at a good time because I was stuck, I had tried to seek some scholarship from the government and well-wishers but it was in vain. I was worried that my son would be forced to stay at home while his friends are in school. Also, I started a business selling vegetables like tomatoes, kales, cabbages, and even foodstuff. I am glad that for now, I have a reliable source of income that I can proudly talk of. With the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuff for my nine children and other household items.