I am hoping that the cows I have now will be healthy and big enough in one year, since my next financial plan is to sell them and venture into food farming with the money I will get from that sale. The plan is to plant maize, beans, sukuma wiki and other vegetables to ensure that we have enough food to sell and at home as well.

Instead of Give Directly considering to enrol those with mobiles only, they gave us an option of getting the phone and paying for it later with the transfer which was really good because even the most vulnerable person who could not afford it by all means was not left out, and the best part of it is, we get to own the phone even after the program ends.

With the second batch of my transfers, I used ksh 28000 to buy two young bulls that I am planning to rear for about one year and sale them so that I can invest the money in farming. When I received my first transfers, I build my family a permanent house since we were all living in a small structure that was not secure at all and not spacious enough for all of us, so this time with the second transfer, we bought a few things for the house like chairs, utensils and we are completely comfortable now. I also made sure that I bought enough food and clothes that will last my family for a while as we figure out our next source of income since the transfers have come to an end.

I was busy at my workplace mixing sand at a building site. Then suddenly, I heard my phone ringing, Upon checking I realised that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with happiness because I knew that I would be able to accomplish a lot with it. I then broke the good news to my wife who was equally happy and grateful. We then embarked on planning how we would cash out the transfer and also how we would utilise our money.

The biggest difference in my life today is that I was able to purchase a dairy cow with the unconditional transfer, things have been tough on my side due to low income and the raising cost of living. I am now able to save up money that I used to spend on milk daily. Additionally, I was able to stock up on enough maize. I am contented that I was able to achieve my dream in a short period, I am so grateful for the support that uplifted our lives amazingly.

When I was promised the unconditional transfer, I knew that I would be able to own a cow which had been my goal for all these years. This is because I have been buying milk daily for our daily usage. I am a masonry, married and blessed with two children. The cost of buying milk daily was very expensive yet I did not have any reliable source of income. Therefore, I opted to buy a dairy cow with my initial transfer where I used KES 30,000. I then paid a debt worth KES 5000 that had accumulated for a while. Lastly, I used the remaining amount on buying foodstuffs and clothes. I am grateful and relieved that buying milk daily is now a bygone.