My life is different in that I have enough food for my family since I used part of transfer to buy maize which will will last up to the next harvesting season. Before receiving my transfer, I was struggling to provide food for my family with the little money I got from casual jobs. I also have solar lamps which I did not have in the past. I have been using kerosene and it was very expensive to buy daily.

Give Directly does well by giving unconditional cash transfers and also without discriminating anyone. In my opinion I do see anything that Give Directly does not do well.

I used my second transfer to buy a goat. This will provide milk for my family since currently I am buying milk and this is very expensive and at times we could take black tea when I did not get the money to buy milk. I also bought t two bags of maize for family consumption. I opted on this because I have been buying maize flour daily and this was costly. i saved the remaining amount in table banking and home bank since I am planning to lease a piece of land and do farming so that I can provide enough food for my family and sell the surplus to meet other family basic needs.

Initially, I used to buy my household necessities on credit and this is a history to me now. I get some money on a daily basis from the sell of my own milk which I get from the cow I bought and for this reason, I never lack anything I need. This has brought a big difference in my life since whenever I visit a shop, the shopkeeper will not be reminding me of an outstanding debt anymore as I now pay cash when buying what I need.

It was around 8 am in the morning when my son requested to use my phone and I gave him. He then informed me that I had some unread messages and I requested him to read and inform me the messages it contained. To my surprise, he informed me that I had received money from GiveDirectly and that it was sent to me at 1 am. I was overwhelmed with happiness at that moment since the highest amount I have ever handled in my life is 5000 KES. The fact that I had received such a huge amount made me so happy until I did not continue taking my tea. I immediately requested him to take me to the nearest shopping centers so that I could withdraw the money as my happiness knew no bounds and I couldn't wait to have the solid money in my hands.

When I received my first transfer I was a happy person with big dreams together with my husband but unfortunately, he took 20000KES out of the whole amount and refused to disclose how he used it. I used part of the remaining amount of the transfers in buying a cow. Despite having a cow, I decided to buy another one since my husband normally takes the money I get after selling milk. This made me yearn to own a cow so that I can sell my own milk and use the money I get in buying household necessities. I used the remaining amount to buy a solar and a battery. I have been charging my phone at the shopping centers and I used to fear that it might get lost one day. Sometimes, I do not have money to pay for phone charging services and this makes me be offline for long and I am not comfortable with it as GiveDirectly officers clearly mentioned to us during enrolment stage that we should avoid being offline. Having a solar will also help me save the money I usually use in buying paraffin and spend them on something else.