I am glad that I made to accomplish all the plans that I had after receiving all the transfers that I was promised during enrollment. I still feel that I have a new goal to add another dairy cow to my other herd of three. I had been running a retail shop alongside agribusiness that I am hoping to generate the proceeds that will, in turn, help in buying an additional cow.

That great transformation in the village at the moment can be traced back to the past two months when GiveDirectly came into the village. The grass-thatched houses that stood in the village some months ago are now a story of the past after everyone was given the freedom to choose how to spend the received transfer and many went for the corrugated iron sheet roofs and demolished all the old huts. In my opinion, this was a job well done by GiveDirectly and we could not ask for more since such an amount was huge enough to change every household's livelihood. I am thankful for all that I can see around and hope the same will still happen in other villages.

Upon receiving my second transfer, I was eager to add another dairy cow to my shed since I had been fully dependent on only one that would sometimes fail to produce enough milk in some seasons. I spent KES 30000 in securing one that is now producing enough milk for my family of seven. I also spent KES 6000 on two sacks of maize currently serving us as foodstuff, bought clothing for my five children at KES 5000, obtained a barbed wire and nails at KES 5250 that I used in fencing all around the grazing fields to facilitate easy restraining of my livestock, and saved the remaining amount to help me in the daily purchases of other household goods. I am happy that I am currently having an easy time locking the cows behind a lockable door to allow me to work on other projects.

Receiving the transfer came with great excitement to me. I was not expecting to receive it that day as I had woken up as early, as usual, to attend to my banana farm that was getting bushy due to the fast-growing weeds. It was around 10 am. when I heard the passing by neighbors conversing on the same and had to check mine. I was lucky to have been part of the group and that alone got me out of the farm. I had to inform my wife who was also out to feed our cows since we needed to withdraw the same day and start the construction process.

I am glad that I finally made the biggest difference not only in my life but also in my son's life after the complete construction of their new house. The evening rush to ensure that they secure a place to sleep in the neighbor's place is no more as they now have a good house where they can conduct their evening studies before they get to bed. I am grateful that this happened to us as it has been my wish for a long time.

My sons had been moving out to the neighbor's house to spend the night there as I had no extra space left in my single house. On receiving the first transfer, the construction of a new house for them was a priority as they not only needed a place to sleep but also ample space to read every evening. I spent KES 21500 on obtaining 22 iron sheets and paying the contractor who managed to complete the construction within a short period. I also obtained a lactating cow at KES 25000 to add to the already existing one as I had been wishing to increase milk production that I am currently selling to the villagers and restaurants in the immediate shopping center to earn more income. I also added a sack of maize used as foodstuff at KES2900 and used the remaining amount on obtaining clothing for my household members.