When I received my third transfer, I paid dowry for my late wife worth 25000 KES and invested the remaining amount in a leather shop that I had started with the first and second transfer. It was such a great experience.

I had been dreaming of living in a better house, one that is not leaky but the dream was that elusive since I never had money to construct an iron-roofed house. So when I received this money, I constructed an iron-roofed house and I am happy that we live in it more comfortably since it is leaky-free. Again, famine had been my close companion ever since but when I received this money, I mechanized my farms and this has given me more yields than I expected-I am now food secure. And lastly, I am no longer jobless, now self-employed-running my leather shop that brings us income that caters for my household needs. This is how my life different than it would have been if I never received the transfer.

In my own own opinion, what Give Directly did well was making participation in the program voluntary. But it would consider walking in the village seeing what the poorest achieved in life since this would motivate it to add us more money to complete the projects we left incomplete.

I spent my second transfer on buying 30 iron sheets at 22,000 KES, used 20,000 KES to boost my cobbler business, bought a sack of maize at maize at 6,600 KES, then used the rest of the cash on food for the house.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that my business is now doing well because I have enough stock hence good income and I've managed to get into some local savings plan.

I spent my first transfer on purchasing fertilizer and paying workers to prepare my parcel of land that has been lying fallow so as to get enough food this coming season.

The moment I received the money I was soo happy because that evening I had just borrowed money from my friend. It was a surprise and I decided to return the money the next morning.