I had already given up on my dream to further my education after I go married and my husband who was the breadwinner unfortunately his income could barely meet most of the household needs . I thought of ways to finance my dream through doing casual domestic jobs but it was difficult . I got to use the money that I had raised on my family's emergencies . Receiving these transfers gave me another chance to realize my dream by enabling me to pay the fees and enroll for a teaching course at the diploma level . I am so pleased because, with this training, I will be able to secure a better job and support my struggling family . I have been able to expand my house as well to the courtesy of GiveDirectly .

In my opinion, GiveDirectly had an good idea of giving financial aid in the form of money since they understood people have varies needs that they do prioritized . Therefore , this resulted to beneficiaries acquiring what they needed most . I do not see did wrong its work .

I spent my second to complete the construction of my house which I was extending . Today, my family and I enjoy staying in a nice and spacious livelihood . The remaining amount I paid my enrollment fees to college . I am happy that I am pursuing my dream of being a scholar once more.

For sure, I do not know the best way to express my gratitude to GiveDirectly because I was not at peace at all having been trained to be a teacher. My expectation was to get a job but my certificate was withheld by the institution due to a fee arrears. I stayed for many months and because I didn't have the cash, I could not collect it on time, I could not apply for any job vacancy that came on my way. I thank GiveDirectly because it's through this money that I cleared my arrears and was issued my certificate, I can now apply for a job any time, which makes it to be the biggest difference in my daily life.

I received my money at a time when I was helpless, having tried all my means to collect my certificate and I couldn't raise the amount of money required. When I saw the Mpesa message, I was greatly overjoyed and my hope of collecting the certificate was renewed when I discovered that I had received KES 55000 on my phone. I felt peaceful and happy because at least I would be able to apply for a job in the nearby schools.

I had done and completed a course training to be a teacher and my certificate was withheld because I couldn't clear the outstanding tuition fee balance. When I received my first transfer, I took KES 10300 to clear the balance and I now have my certificate. I am happy that with this certificate, I can seek and be employed any time soon. I also purchased building materials such as iron sheets, cement and sand in order to construct an extension of a single room on my house in order to accommodate my children. My house is not spacious thus my children previously had to seek shelter elsewhere at night. I am glad that currently we are all accommodated under one roof. I spent the remaining amount of the transfer to buy two goats to keep in my homestead. I am expecting them to reproduce and increase in number. I can readily lean on them in case of financial difficulty.