At the time of my enrollment in GD program, my children's school fees had accumulated. I therefore set a goal of paying off all the school fees arrears. As a result, they had an ample time to concentrate on their studies and this translated to an improvement in their studies. Upon achieving this goal, I developed a plan of buying of a cow purposefully for milk production. I am hopeful that such kind of investment would be of benefit to my family in the long run.

In comparison to how other NGOs work, I hold onto the opinion that GiveDirectly does well in the way it's staffs handle the recipients. Generally, GD staffs are very friendly and very dedicated in the way they carry on their work. In addition, the staffs are very patient on how they handle the recipients. In contrary, there is nothing that GiveDirevtly does not do well.

From my recent transfer, I spent 40,000 KES on buying two cows. Previously, I did not have any cow thus I was regarded among the list from my community. With the two cows, I shall be able to conveniently plough my farms. Since we had a prolonged drought that affected our crops in the previous season, I opted to spend 13,000 KES on buying food which could take us for 4 months. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for such an amazing support.

That evening, I was at home finalizing on washing my clothes when I heard message ring and I told my helper to check what was it all about. Wow! It was the transfers, I was so happy that I couldn't hide my joy. I knew I was going to achieve my goals

The greatest difference is that my husband doesn't have to spend all his days outside in the hot sun toiling to provide for the family. I don't have to spend my days worried that my kids might be send home anytime. Generally, my stress levels have reduced.

Before the drought season, we used to rear livestock and we would sell them occasionally to pay school fees and provide other basic needs. Last year's drought was so severe that all our livestocs died and we were left with nothing to depend on. My husband started charcoal burning to provide for the family, the highest income he would get in a month would be KES 3000, which is not enough to provide for our seven children, pay fees for five school going and cater for other family responsibilities. When I was enrolled in the program, my goal was to clear fees arrears and pay this terms school fees, buy few livestocs and buy enough food to take us for a whole month. With the recent transfers, I bought a cow and a goat worth KES 18000, paid school fees of KES 26000 and bought a sack of a maize worth KES 1500. The balance is usually what I use to cater for daily need. I'm so grateful to GiveDirectly for the support.