I don't have any new goals at the moment. I am still struggling with the payment of school fees for my son who is still in secondary school. Getting money for paying his school fees is quite a challenge since I am getting old and I do not have a stable source of income. I would have wished to start a small business that would help me in getting some income but I do not have the capital to start it. I was able to pay school fees for my son with part of the transfer that I got from GiveDirectly. I however still have to look for more money since he has not finished his studies. I, therefore, plan to organize a fundraiser to raise money for paying for his fees.

GiveDirectly did well because they uplifted my life. I was so down, I didn't have a proper house to live in and money for paying for my son's tuition. They came to my rescue and my village mates. I now live in a good house that is spacious and modern. My son was able to study well in the past two terms of the school calendar. My village members' lives also changed for the better since the people were able to make many developments such as building new houses and buying livestock. We are hence so much happy and grateful. I however would like to kindly request them to consider topping up the amount that they give out because we still have a lot of challenges facing us.

I spent most of my second transfer money on building another kitchen house. The kitchen house that I had, had grown old and it was grass-thatched. I decided to build another because getting grass for roofing had started to become a challenge. This is because the population has grown and the land sizes have become small. The little pieces of land that the people have most of them use in grazing their cows. I had used to first transfer on constructing the main house, I hence decided to build the kitchen house with the second transfer so that they could all look good and modern. I also wanted more space because the guests that usually visit me, most of them usually lack a proper place to spend the night. With having built the houses, I am happy and less stressed because I no longer have to worry about where to get money to do so. I am therefore so much grateful to GiveDirectly for the support.

It was around 9 am when I was enjoying a cup of tea, the weather was not conducive that day hence I was indoors. My helper came visiting me bearing the good news that the transfers were out, this was the happiest moment in my life, I immediately reached out to my phone so that my helper would check, upon checking the phone he confirmed to me that the money was already in my Mpesa account, I was overwhelmed with happiness, I was now Certain that my dream of building a house would be realised. I am grateful for the unconditional transfer that changed our lives.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to construct a decent house, unlike before where I was living in a grass thatched house and I could not afford an iron sheet- roofed house due to my unreliable source of income, I am grateful and happy that I have been able to realize my dream in a short period, secondly, school fees have been my major worry, but I am glad that all this were sorted with the transfer that I had received, I am grateful that the transfer that transformed our lives. My family and I will forever be grateful for the support that came to our rescue in a time of need.

Imagine living in a grass-thatched house that the position of the bed is determined by the rain, the house which I am living in has a leaking roof,l am a mother of 11 children with grandchildren. The transfer came to our lives as a blessing, I had children in school who were sent home to collect school fees but I had no money at that time, luckily the transfer came and I was able to pay a sum of KES 20,000 to clear the arrears. I then used KES 30,000 in building a spacious house for my children, I then used the remaining portion in buying foodstuffs.GiveDirectly came to our rescue in times of need and we are thankful.