My new goal is to cultivate my land and grow some crops such as sweet potatoes, maize, vegetables. I also plan to take good care of the cow that I bought so that it can help me in the future with the children's school fees and upkeep. I would like to practice farming so that I can get food for the consumption of my family of seven. This way I will have reduced the cost of purchasing food.

GiveDirectly did well by enrolling everyone who was a member of the village. Everyone got the money and they were able to do a lot of developments with them. The lives of the people have hence changed for the better. I hence do not see anything that went wrong.

I spent most of the recent transfer on building another house. I bought 20 iron sheets at KES 750 per iron sheet. I also bought trees and paid KES 5000 for labor. I had always wanted to build another house because I only had one small grass-thatched house. The space was not enough for us all. I was not able to do so before because I did not have the money. I usually do casual jobs of farming to get money for my family's upkeep, that is, to purchase daily food and milk. I am the sole breadwinner of the family since my husband is physically disabled and hence he cannot work. We are therefore glad because we were able to complete building the house and we now have enough space that fits all of us. Apart from building another house, we also bought two bags of maize at a total cost of KES 6000 and the remaining amount we used in buying clothes for the children. We have hence not lacked food for our consumption and the children are happy because they got new clothes. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the support.

I was busy farming on my kitchen garden when I heard a message notification on my phone. I stopped to check what it was all about and I was so excited when I saw that we had received the transfer of KES 55000 that GiveDirectly had promised. The joy was too much that I left what I was doing and I went to immediately inform my husband and son the good news. They were so happy to hear about it and we celebrated together. My son and I then prepared ourselves and we went to withdraw the money.

The transfer has brought a very big difference in our lives as a family. I was able to buy three bags of maize that I believe is going to last us for a while. I therefore won't have to worry about what they are going to eat whenever I don't get a casual job to do. The cow that I bought is also going to be of great help to us once it calves because we will be able to get milk for our consumption and we will no longer incur the cost of buying some. I was also able to pay school fees for my three children and hence they are no longer being sent home due to the arrears. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the help you have offered to us.

We spent most of the money that we got in buying a cow. We usually incur the cost of buying milk daily and this is costly to me. I am the breadwinner of the family, my husband is disabled and he is not able to work. I depend on casual jobs of farming to earn a living and at times these casual jobs are not available. When I am not lucky to get one, I usually borrow from neighbors or I purchase food on credit. This at times is not possible and my family is forced to go to bed hungry. Due to these many challenges and lack of money, I have not been in a position to purchase a cow that I have always wanted.