I have a goal though it is not new. It was among the objectives I had set to achieve through the cash transfers but did not succeed. My mission is to set up a vegetable-selling business with a starting capital of KES 10,000. This will help generate income for my household's needs. 

Give Directly does a good job of empowering and transforming the lives of the neediest people in the society through cash transfers. Courtesy of this transfer, I am a proud land owner with my own compound and a decent home. There's nothing wrong with how Give Directly works. 

Two weeks after I received the first transfer, I lost my first-born daughter, Nuru. This tragedy compelled my husband and me to leave the compound and look for another location to build a home for my family of six (four children and husband). We purchased a plot of land in a nearby village. When the second transfer arrived, I spent KES 39,000 on materials for a three-bedroom house on the new land. In addition, my four children had an outstanding school fee debt of KES 7,000, which I decreased with the transfer's KES 4,000. Every evening, the teachers would remind me of this outstanding debt by writing the amount on my children's hands. I am glad that this stopped after I reduced the dept. I utilized the remaining transfer sum to hire a builder who completed the new house. Thanks to Give Directly's transfers, my family now has a good place to live.

It was a sad day for me because I had lost my daughter the previous day. I was just at home stressed and mourning. All over a sudden, a text message streamed in my phone, and to my surprise, I had received KES 55000 from Give Directly. It did not do much for me but at least it lightened my moods. All the worries of how I would raise money for the funeral expenses faded instantly.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the peace of mind I have knowing that I will soon be sleeping on the same roof with my son. I am already in the process of extending an extra room for my son so that he will not have to walk a long distance to my neighbor's house to seek a sleeping room.

We have a two-room house that is a living room and a bedroom which we share with our 5 children. My elder son is 18 years old, and he can not share the same sleeping room with his sisters. he, therefore, sleeps in my neighbor's home. I am not comfortable with the arrangement because I cannot monitor his movements once he leaves the house and besides it is also risky to let him walk at night because of security reasons. The moment when I received the first transfer I spent KES 30000 on timber, iron sheets, and nails which I am already using to extend an extra room for my son. My daughter had just passed on the previous day before receiving the transfers and the money came in handy. KES 20000 I spent on her funeral expenses. I also bought foodstuffs for the family at a cost of KES 4500.