Currently, we do not have any new goals since we want to first concentrate on finishing the construction of our house. We decided to settle on the idea of building another permanent house when we got the transfers from GiveDirectly. We have not yet begun the construction work but we have already bought building materials such as bricks, gravel, and sand. There are still a lot of building materials that are missing, that is, metals, and cement and we no longer have the money to buy them. Our wish was to buy all the necessary materials and get money for paying labor before we start the construction work. Our plan is thus to get money for achieving our dream of building another house. Other than that, we are planning to renovate the house that we have been living in by replacing the mud walls with wooden planks. The old house will be the kitchen and the one that we want to construct will be the main house.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by giving us unconditional aid money so that we can help ourselves out with it. We are glad that it is not a loan since we would have managed to repay it. We are also happy to know that the transfer is not affiliated with government officials and politics. Other than that, their field officers taught us well in the meeting that they held with community members before starting the enrollment process. We got to understand everything about the program. I hence do not see anything that went wrong.

When we got the first transfer, we decided to save it so that we could combine it with the recent transfer and use it on constructing another house. We bought bricks at KES 31000, gravel at KES 18000, and sand at KES 35000. We decided to settle on the idea of building another house because the house that we have been living in has grown old, and the iron sheets are corroded and with holes. My husband and I have for the longest time been hoping to build another house but we were not in a position to since we didn't have the money needed to do so. So when GiveDirectly came up with this program in our village, we saw the opportunity to finally fulfill our dream, and for this, we are happy. We are, however, yet to start the construction work since we plan to buy all the necessary building materials and get money for paying labor. Other than the above, we also spent KES 10000 on buying a calf and another KES 1500 on buying three chickens. We decided to buy them so that they can help us in the future. We can sell the eggs and the milk from the calf and get money for buying the small essential household items such as sugar, soap, etc. The remaining transfer amount, we spent on buying two bags of maize for our consumption at KES 10000. We are thus so much grateful to GiveDirectly for supporting us.

That evening, I had left my phone indoors while attending a burial ceremony in the neighborhood. At around 6pm while headed back home from the ceremony is when I heard neighbors rejoicing saying they had received the GiveDirectly transfers.On reaching home, I checked my phone too and confirmed to have received KES55000 from GiveDirectly.l was very excited because I had never received such a lump sum.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is availability of money to build a modern house. This is because the current house I live in is old with rusty and leaking roofs and was build almost five decades ago. I had desired to build a better house for the past thirty years but couldn't afford due to school fees burdens. I normally rely on maize farming and my posho mill business to feed my family.

I spent KES3500 on a sack of maize because there's maize scarcity in our area. The rest I have saved towards building a modern house once I get the second transfers. Currently, I live in a semi permanent house which was build over four decades and the Iron roof is rusted and leaking.