My life is different than how it would have been had I not received the transfer because I have been able to start poultry farming. I am working towards expanding it so that I can be able to earn higher returns. Also, being able to expand my business using the transfer has led to an increase in my daily income hence I can now meet our daily needs on time.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by ensuring that everyone received the transfer and I do not see anything that they did not do well.

I spent part of my second transfer to start poultry keeping farming. I bought some chicks, chicken feeds and also built a chicken pen. I settled on this so that I can be using the income from this project to support my family. I spent the remaining amount to buy food for my family and nets to use in decorating our house.

I have been operating a maize milling business and the chances of expanding were minimal because I never managed to fully meet my customer's needs, thus reducing my profits. It had been discouraging watching my customers go for distance to get maize flour that I could have provided with an exchange of money. I lost a lot and felt I had made a wrong mistake putting up my business. I had a wish to expand it by bringing in maize to sell but the low profits and overwhelming family needs made my dream unrealistic. When I received my first transfer, I resolved to inject KES 30000 to increase the stock in my business. I bought adequate maize stock that will serve a large number of customers thus I am sure that my earnings will improve and increase again. My business is back to life again through the money I received from GiveDirectly. To me, this is the biggest difference in my daily life. I believe the extra profits will help me improve my family living standards and meet emergencies in the family.

It was early in the morning after waking up when I decided to read a message I had received the previous night. It was at this point that I realized that GiveDirectly had finally sent us the promised money. The content of the message made me so happy and I could not wait anymore to inform my spouse about the good news as I immediately did so by calling him. I called GiveDirectlys office to thank them for the financial help but unfortunately, I did not know how to go about the IVR process.

I own a maize milling machine that has enabled me to provide for my family. Operating this machine has been a privilege to me but since I had little resources to expand it, my customers had to walk for a long distance looking for maize flour thus I lost a lot. When I received my first transfers, I used KES 30000 to boost this business by buying some maize stock. I am now glad since all my customers no longer go to other places in search of maize. I am happy that this has greatly increased my profits. Also, I spent some amount to clear school fee arrears for my children in secondary school so that they would be allowed to sit for their end year examinations. I used the remaining amount to buy some clothes and foodstuffs for my family.