My short-term goal is to buy two dairy cows which would cost me $600 and sell the milk in the neighborhood. I have been struggling to pay school fees for my seven children and with this stream of income I would not strain to put my children through school

The staff is polite, and whenever they come to visit me I feel special and valued. I am grateful and happy to see them over and over again.

Before receiving the transfer, I lived in a house made of grass. It was not conducive, sometimes when it rained we would shelter in the neighbor's house with my seven children and my wife which was embarrassing for me. My furniture and everything else inside the house would get wet. I stayed in that state for five years. I am a cobbler and I get a profit of $30 a month. This money mostly is spent on food. Receiving this transfer has enabled me to build a new house made of iron sheets. My family is now comfortable and I am happy, spent $350 to complete it and bought two sacks of maize for $120 which will me a while.

It was late at 7 pm, and I was on my way home from a casual job site. Al throughout the day, I had neither received a phone call nor an SMS. However, on my way, something unusual happened, I had my phone vibrating. Upon checking, I at first doubted my sight. A Mpesa message? I felt so good to witness that I had received my transfer from GiveDirectly. As soon as I arrived home, I informed my wife. She could not hide her joy when she heard that good news. Together we sat down and planned to buy building materials because we had desired to build a new house. The rest of the transfer could help us to pay school fees for my two daughters in Secondary school. I am grateful to GiveDirectly.

The biggest difference in my life is being able to continue to build and own a new house. As a result, I am soon getting out of living in a grass thatched house to living in an iron sheet house. In addition, it is going to be more spacious than the previous one. Consequently, there is an additional room for my children. Previously, they were spending with their grandmother but soon I will be spending together with my children. Spending together with them in the same house is going to make me joyous.

I spent KES 20,000 from my second transfer on iron sheets for building a house. For years, my family had lived in a grass thatched house. We had hoped to build a large iron-roofed house, but due to our low income, this was not possible. In addition, I prioritized committing KES 15,000 to pay school fee arrears for my two secondary school-aged daughters. They had been sent back home for fees that week, and I could not raise any funds for them. I'm glad the transfer came at a time when I needed it. Finally, I used KES 10,000 to pay off the debts that I had previously incurred to support my family.