Having a pair of an oxen has made my life to be totally different.They will help me in my farming activities since the pair can take less days to plough an acre compared to when I do the exercise. I am so glad because I will be getting some good harvests. Previously I used to get little harvests because I was the only one doing the exercise and tilling the whole acre was so hard. Apart from that, I will hire them to my neighbors at a fee and this will be my source of income since they are in higher demand.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done us so good. The whole village has now transformed in different ways. First, majority of us now have descent big permanent houses. Previously we used to sleep under small huts with leaking roofs. Which was so hectic. Secondly, majority of us have some solar panels which are helping our children at night in their studies. Apart from that I also use it to charge our mobile phones and those of our neighbors at a fee. Lastly almost everyone in my village own a livestock such as cows, goats and hens. This is like a dream to us because we were not expecting to have them anytime soon. We are going to benefit a lot from the livestock in the near future. According to me i do not see any sector that GiveDirectly has failed us.

I spent part of my second transfer on buying an ox at KES 17500. I had been longing to have it for a long period of time but I could not afford it. I then bought some pieces of iron sheets. This was purposely for the construction of my children's house because the previous one was not spacious. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family that will take us for a while. Previously we used to starve since getting the three meals a day was so hard.

The transfer has enabled me to purchase building materials which include iron sheets and poles to construct a new house. I have been living in a grass thatched house for long. I am happy that very soon my new, decent and iron roofed house will be complete and ready for sheltering. So far, this is the biggest difference in my daily life.

I was informed by my helper that I had received an Mpesa notification on my phone. On checking to confirm who could have sent the money, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly. My first transfer had finally been sent. I was thankful to them and happy for the financial help from them. My family also rejoiced upon hearing the good news.

I spent KES 12500 of the transfer on buying four goats which I am keeping in my homestead. To me having goats are assets which I can lean on in case of any financial crisis. They will reproduce and I will have many of them as a source of wealth which will be like savings for the future. I have a pair of oxen which lacked an ox plough and I was borrowing from my neighbors when I needed to plough.Thus, on receiving the money, I purchased my own ox plough at KES 8000, thus relieving the stress of borrowing from neighbours. In addition to these, I also bought pieces of iron sheets and building poles to construct a new decent house. I have been living in a grass thatched house for long. GiveDirectly has improved my way of living since I will be sheltering in an iron roofed house. I also bought some foodstuffs for my family's consumption as well as paying for other household expenses.