A larger portion of my transfer went to buying livestock. I now have sheep and cows which I am keeping. Had it not have been this money, I would not have purchased any at my own cost. These are assets to me that I can readily lean on in case of a financial problem. I am expecting them to reproduce and have many of them. The income from milk sales will enable me to pay for my children's education.

In my opinion, the coming of GiveDirectly to us has changed the way we live. Everyone in our village was able to achieve their goals in different ways using the transfers. I do not see anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I spent a larger portion of my second transfer on buying livestock which includes a heifer and some sheep. I am expecting them to reproduce and increase in number. These are assets that I can lean on to cater to my children's education. Also, I spent some amount to build a more spacious house for my family. With my growing family, our current house would soon become small and we will be lacking privacy as parents. Due to this, we settled on building a bigger house so that when the time comes, we will not be worried about how to get money to use in building the house.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy a dairy cow and two goats. These are very important assets in everyday life since they are always of great importance especially when faced with financial emergencies. The idea of buying a dairy cow was triggered by the fact that we had been buying milk from our neighbors for quite a long time and it had proven to be quite expensive. I entirely depend on casual jobs to raise money to feed my family which is sometimes hard to find or pays very little. This would mean that we would have tom skip some meals on days that I did not secure such jobs and it often left me dejected as the head of the family. Currently, I do not buy milk, my family has enough and I sell the surplus to meet other additional needs for my family. I have reduced the casual jobs and I have devoted most of my time on my own farm and this has led to a good harvest. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my standards of living.

I felt so happy the moment I received my money. I remember very well that it was very early in the morning when my neighbor called me asking whether I had received any money from GiveDirectly. I had not heard my phone ring so I never expected that I had received any. On checking my phone, I was lost for words when I learned that I had just received a sum of KES 55000. I had never received such an amount of money before. I was happy not only because the money was a lot but because of the fact that I was not required to pay back. We all celebrated as a family and got down to planning on how to spend the money with my spouse.

I spent part of my first transfer to buy a dairy cow, two goats and sofa seats. I also used part of my transfer to pay casual workers who were working on my farm and used the remaining amount was used to buy building materials as I get ready to build a house once I receive my second transfer.