I developed an investment goal after accomplishing what I had planned with the second transfer. This goal is to be a livestock farmer specifically goats keeping. I came to realize that goats have a ready market and can be easily converted to money and this gave me the zeal to buy more goats once I get some money so that I start the investing in them.

Through GiveDirectly I was enabled to tackle things that had initially challenged me since I didn’t have money to handle them. I am very thankful for the aid that I received from GiveDirectly. Through the organization my son has secured a job of riding the motorbike to ferry people from one place to another at a fee.

When I withdrew the money, I used KES 21000.00 to buy six goats. I opted for the goats because I witnessed a lot of cows dying due to the drought that affected our area to an extent that I lost the morale of keeping cows. Goats are better because they can survive drought more than cows. I also bought a motorbike on credit for KES 15000.00. This means that I will be paying for the motorbike for a while like hire purchase. This motorbike serves as a source of income to our family and my son is the one in charge of it. Thereafter I used the remaining amount in buying food and water for the family.

It was around 9 am when I was in my house sweeping after coming back from fetching water for the household. I was with the helper when received the message on my phone. He confirmed that it was the transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt very happy for receiving such a good amount of money which would solve most of my problems.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am living a more satisfying life after fulfilling my desire of constructing a decent shelter for my kids. They were spending their nights in their grandmother's house where they had to walk 200metres every night after dinner. Furthermore, I was able to purchase a piece of land for farming since the one I had a low fertility rate hence poor harvest.

I spent KES 25,000 to construct a decent shelter for my 4 grown-up children. They were spending their nights in their grandmother's house, something that distressed me a lot because my girls had to walk 200metres to their grandmother's house at night after dinner. In addition, I am planning to construct a nice kitchen for my family since it collapsed some time back. I was forced to cook in my house and the smoke from the firewood is unbearable. Furthermore, I purchase an acre of land for KES 20,000 this is because the place where I was farm has low fertility rate. The remaining amount I spent on purchasing enough food because of the famine in our area.