I hope to open a workshop whereby I will be sewing and selling clothes. Since I already have the sewing machine I feel it will be easier for me to run this plan. Also in my region, no one has ever come up with such an idea, and this gives me the zeal to start this kind of business. I believe that through it, I will be able to take good care of my family without straining or undergoing any challenges.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by offering us unconditional cash transfers. Through them, I was able to go back to school and pursue my dream course. Also apart from that, the officers made sure that they followed up on my progress regarding the cash. This showed how much they care about us. Therefore I do not see any need for them to change their mode of operations.

I spent $50 of my second transfer on clearing my college fees. I enrolled in a tailoring course some months ago and I am so glad to finally be able to accomplish one of my dreams. I am positive that I graduate, I will have sufficient key skills and knowledge for me to grab for job opportunities. Apart from that, I also bought a sewing machine for $160. Since I haven't graduated, I have decided to hire a machine for my friends and generate an income. By the time I will be done with school, I will have a starting point. To add to that, I sent my firstborn daughter to a nursery school. I had to purchase uniforms and stationeries and cleared her tuition fee for the whole year almost $50. I hope that God will be with us throughout her stay in school till she finishes. Being a single parent of two, my life has been of ups and downs but I am always positive that God will make it happen sometimes. Currently, I can already see some light at the end of the tunnel through the steps I have made. With the remaining amount, I bought food for my two family members.

On the day when the funds were sent, I was at home seated together with my parents. My mother and I then heard an alert on our phones. We both rushed to check and saw that we had received our cash transfer from give directly. We both celebrated because we were eagerly waiting for it so we could progress ourselves. I being an unemployed single mother, wanted to start a tailoring business to support my 2 children.

Previously, I lived together with my children in a very squeezed two-room thatched roof house. Even worse, the roof was not complete. So, during the night, the house would become very cold. When I got the money from giving directly, this changed. as I was able to buy new iron sheets at KES 13,500 and I thereby got to improve it to a spacious two-roomed iron sheet roofed house. We are now living comfortably in it

December last year, my husband eloped. I was unemployed. With two children to fend for and a rumor that my husband had remarried, my family got concerned. They sent my mum to pick me up from my matrimonial home, to return me to my father's compound. This is where I have been living with my children. To meet our needs, I would practice some subsistence farming and I would also farm for other people for pay. The daily wage was KES 200. However, this job is inconsistent and seasonal. To create some financial stability, I used KES 15000 from the funds I received from give directly to buy a sewing machine so, I could start a tailoring business in December after I complete my tailoring classes, where I'm needed to pay a monthly fee of KES 500. Whatever balance I had, I used it to expand my two-roomed thatched roofed house. Now it's improved to a spacious two-roomed iron sheet roofed house