I used part of my second transfer to improve my farm activities. I was able to cultivate more land and put it under agriculture. I was also able to buy hybrid seeds that will see me have a huge harvest if all goes well. This has left me having a new goal and that is building a store for my farm produce. This I expect to accomplish once I get to have my first harvest from my farm. I will sell all the produce to be able to realize this.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did very well in making sure that each household within the village was enrolled to receive the transfers. Thee was no discrimination at all and the officers in charge were very professional in how they handled the whole exercise. I did not see anything that I tjought should have been changed to improve the processes.

I saved KES 40000 of my second transfer in preparation to buying a motorcycle. The motorcycle shall enable me to start working for myself in the transport industry and better the living standards of my family. Right now, all I rely on is farm produce to make a living and it is sometimes very discouraging when the produce is affected by bad weather conditions. I used anther KES 10000 to buy building materials for completing a house that I had built with the fist transfer. The remaining amount of less than KES 5000 was used to buy farm inputs and put our land under agriculture in time. We are looking forward to a better harvest and a general rise in living standards of our family.

I can vividly recall very well that it was a few minutes past 9 am and I was on my way to the canteen to purchase some items when I received the message. I became so happy upon reading its contents and I rushed back home to share the news with my spouse and children. I will forever be grateful to GiveDirectly because finally, I was able to acquire a dairy cow like some of the people in my village.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to build a more decent kitchen for my family near our main house. Apart from the previous one being a bit far from the main house, its roof was old and needed renovation since it had already started leaking. I am glad that we will start using it very soon and I no longer worry about the cost of changing the roof every two years since iron sheets are durable.

When I received my transfer, I spent it to buy a dairy cow worth KES 30000. We decided on this as a family because we wanted something that will be our source of income in the future. When the cow calves, we will be able to get milk for our consumption and sell and use the income that we will get from the sale of milk to pay school fees for our children. Also, I spent 10000 to buy 12 pieces of iron sheets to use in building an iron-roofed kitchen for my family since the one we had was a bit far from our main house. I did not incur the cost of buying poles since I used the old ones that I got after demolishing my grass-thatched kitchen that we had. I used the remaining KES 22600 on farming by hiring a tractor for land preparation purposes and to buy quality hybrid seeds.