Before the transfers, I did not have a good stock. The business was not doing well and I was struggling to even pay rent for my business premise. I was thinking of closing down the business and try another thing altogether. Before I had given up on the business, I started receiving my transfers. Since then I have been using part of my monthly transfers to boost the business on a monthly basis. Right now, the business is now doing well because of the transfers. The thought of closing down the business is no more.

I plan to continue using my transfers on boosting my cosmetics business. The business is my main source of income and I want to continue to invest more in the business. This is the only way the business will be able to help me in the future after the transfers are gone.

I spent my transfer on paying for medication for my child who was sick and admitted. I am glad I was able to raise the hospital bill without taking any loan or begging for help. The rest of the transfers I have saved. I know the savings always come in handy when I have financial crisis/emergency. Where GD has taken me, I would not want to get back to begging and taking loans as I used to do before the transfers.

I had no source of income and lived with my aunt who was also struggling to take care of her children, being that she is also a single parent. When I became pregnant, I moved in with my boyfriend who also does not have a stable source of income and life became even harder. After I started receiving these transfers, I saw lot of difference because I felt like I was employed. I could support my boyfriend financially, pay my bills, especially medical bills and even save for future plans. Currently, I have a business that I was able to set up through the savings I made from the monthly transfers from Give Directly and happy that I have a job and a stable income, all thanks to Give Directly.

For a long time, I did not have any source of income and mostly depended on my relatives for financial support and my only desire then was to have a business to support my financial needs so that I would quit being a burden. With the savings I have been making from the monthly transfers I have been receiving from Give Directly, I was eventually able to open a cosmetics shop two months ago which I now want to focus on improving hence no additional goals at the moment.

I recently opened a Cosmetics shop which I have been trying to stock up by buying some of the items that have mostly been requested by my customers yet I still don't have. Most of my monthly transfers after I opened the business have been channelled towards stabilizing the business by buying new and more of existing stock, which is how I spent my most recent transfer.

Clearing the hospital bill to me is the biggest difference that I can proudly mention. To add on that I did a small shopping for my newborn. Had it not been the support from GiveDirectly, I would have cleared my small savings on my account. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for their financial support and being among the beneficiaries.

I am planning to open a cosmetics shop within the town over the next few months. The capital will be from the savings that I have been able to accumulate so far from the regular money I receive from GiveDirectly. I believe I will be able to generate a good income through this business.

I spent a larger portion of my most recent money to cater for my medical and delivery expenses in a private hospital. I paid for all the expenses since my husband could not afford to clear the bill. On the remaining portion of the money, I did some shopping on the essentials for my newborn baby and bought some foodstuffs for my family.

My goals now that I have started receiving the money is to revive my cosmetic shop. I am not only planning to revive it but to also expand it. This will help me to earn more income which I will be using to support my family now that I am a single mother. God bless GiveDirectly for they became my aid at a time of need.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I am now optimistic that I am soon going to revive my cosmetic shop unlike before when I had no means. GiveDirectly came at a time I had lost all hopes of reviving my cosmetic business and I am now grateful to God since my hope has been rekindled once more.

I am a business person and I no longer operate this business since the state of my shop is pathetic as the roofs were leaking. When I received my most recent transfer, I spent all the amount to buy some iron sheets. I will use them to renovate my cosmetic shop so that I can start operating it.

I was filled with happiness the moment I started receiving my money. This is because I never expected to get any help because most of the aids in Mathare usually goes to the elderly. I was also expectant when I started receiving this money and it came in at the time when I needed help most. My happiness did not end on that day since I am still happy and I believe that my happiness will always last.