My new goal is to own assets in form of livestock more so goats and cows. I believe that once I will be able to own them, I will no longer be straining in fending for my family as I used to do. This is because I will be in a position to sell one or two and sort out any pending bills. Additionally, I trust that once I will acquire the livestock I can as well achieve some other goals through them such as starting a new business by selling some of them.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly has been doing well from the very first day they visited our village. They made sure that they enrolled all the deserving households without any discrimination. Also, the officers took us through the security information considering that for some of us it was our first time receiving money via Mpesa. This was of help to most of us hence there were no cases of theft or fraud. I, therefore, do not see any part that they did not do well.

I spent the whole of my second cash transfer on buying construction materials such as iron sheets, building poles, nails, timber, windows and wooden doors. I had intended to establish a rental house in the neighbouring town whereby I owned a piece of land. It has been my wish to start this project for so many years unfortunately, I did not have sufficient funds to finance it. For over the past twenty years, I have been relying on the charcoal business which has not been portable besides being seasonal. Therefore bringing up six children has never been easy at all. Most of the time my children would be sent home to collect school fees whereby they would stay for weeks. As a parent, it has been stressing me since it used to affect their academic performance in general. Currently, there is a relief because I already have two tenants and have been collecting rent for the past two months. This has for sure boosted our living standards because at least my children can now study comfortably without any disturbances and they can access their other basic needs on time.

It was around 7 am when I saw an envelope-like icon on the screen of my phone. Since I usually contact my helper if I see such icons, I did so and he checked. Immediately he looked at me and smiled, I also smiled back, though blindly. Then he gently told me that I had received the promised transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy for receiving such a huge amount of money at once for the first time in my life. It was like a miracle.

For a while, I desired to have an investment that could help me to provide for my family. The line I was interested in was investing in livestock which I finally managed with the help of GiveDirectly. Currently, I rare a herd of 17 goats which is an assurance of a good investment for young investors like me. I am sure before the year ends, I will be having over 25 goats but I aim to convert them to monetary value and maintain a maximum number of 25 goats.

For a long time, I had desired to invest in livestock only that, I lacked the capital. When I received this transfer, I saw it as an opportunity to fulfill the desire of my heart. I, therefore, bought 11 goats for KES 39600.00. These goats were an addition to the six goats that I had and now I have 17 goats. The aim of investing in goats is that they are cheap to maintain and they have read markets since they are affordable and thus can be converted to monetary value anytime the need arises. I also paid KES 5600.00 for school fees for my five primary school children who had been sent home for school fees. Thereafter, I bought 60 poles for KES 9000.00 intending to construct a new house once I get the second transfer.