We have a house that is yet to be completed and I intend to finish its construction in a few months to come when my business will have established. I am hopeful that with the profits fr the business, I will be able to purchase the materials needed for the completion. I will be glad to move into a more spacious house and for my family to enjoy a better shelter.

GiveDirectly was not biased when they were enrolling beneficiaries in our village. Every household benefited from the program and this made most of us change our lives to be better. There was nothing that was not done well

Two of my children are in private primary school and the money I received enabled me to pay KES 10000 as their school fees. I then spent KES 30000 on purchasing a stock for a retail business that I started. I had constructed the premise and I was only left with stock acquisition which I did when I received the money. The remaining amount of KES 15000, I spent part of it on buying some clothes for my family members since they had a few. The rest, I spent on buying foodstuffs such as cooking oil, maize flour, sugar, and rice. I am glad that GiveDirectly enabled me to do all these which I couldn't afford to do at this time since I had no other money to spend

The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember it was around 9am. I was taking my cow for grazing, when I heard a ringtone message from my phone. I thought it was a message from Safaricom company. Little did I know it was from GiveDirectly. I immediately checked it out. I could not believe my eyes, it was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money. I went back home to inform my spouse and children. They were all happy and celebrated with lots of joy. I stayed for three days and withdrew the money. We had plan with my spouse on buying some timber and build a small shop. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled us achieve our dream.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have build a shop. I used to do small scale farming and my spouse does casual jobs in the town near home. This was giving us small nicome. We were not able to meet all the basic household items including paying the school fees for my children. Life was not easy though we worked hard to ensure that our children get the best. We had thought of starting a business but the problem was the capital. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy and saw this dream coming true. We bought some timber and iron sheets and we were able to build a small shop near home. We bought some stock and started the business of a retail shop. Our customers are our neighbors and other villagers around. We saw our dream coming true. Currently I ran the shop and my spouse still does the cause jobs. I get some profit and I save it for household basic needs and to pay the school fees. We Intend to add more stock in the next few months and grow it to a bigger shop. We are so grateful because were it not GiveDirectly all this could not have happened. My children are no longer being sent home like before to collect the school fees because I pay on time.

I spend some money to purchase timber and iron sheets. I was able build a small shop. This was always in our minds. We bought some stock and we were able to start business of retail. Our customers are our neighbors and some other villagers. We make some profit now which make it run smoothly. I paid some school fees for my children in academy. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my children. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled us to venture into business and we aimed at improving it to another level.