My next goal is for me to be able to acquire another cow, I plan to achieve this by saving up the money from my business now that I don't need to buy milk daily, I am thankful for the support that was an eye-opener to new and better beginnings.

The financial support from GiveDirectly gave us the opportunity for us to uplift our living standards to a better one, my village has been transformed and empowered, In that, the children are comfortably studying in their respective schools, people built new houses and many other good things, throughout my interaction with the GiveDirectly staffs I have not seen anything that was not done well.

I am into the business of selling wooden clubs in the village, I am married and blessed with one child, when I was promised the unconditional transfer, I opted to buy a dairy cow to cut down on the cost of buying milk daily with KES 30,000, I then used KES 5000 in buying sofa set seats. Lastly, I used the remaining amount in buying clothes and foodstuffs. I was unable to buy all this due to unreliable sources of income thus I am so grateful for the support that lifted my living standard in a short time.

I was at home with my wife when I received a message confirming the receipt of my first transfer. I was very excited knowing that most of the projects that I had been having in mind would be starting as soon as I withdraw the money from my account. We thanked God and informed the other members of the family that we had received the amount we had been expecting as we needed to plan on withdrawal in the next few days before getting down to spending.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the construction of a new house that has given me great hope of comfortably welcoming visitors and enjoying extra free space with my only child and even more in the future. It has taken me a long time contemplating and hoping to construct one but has been so hard since I could not raise such a huge amount that could facilitate the construction. I am grateful for the support from GiveDirectly that has given me a chance to build my life afresh and make my family happy again.

With my current family of three, It has been a great opportunity to invest in the new projects that will last to serve not only the present family members but also the unborn generation. Constructing a new house to replace the small hut that was slowly getting older and deteriorating on the roof during the rainy season had always been on our prayer list. I purchased 25 iron sheets, building posts, nails, obtained labor at a total cost of KES33500. I am glad about the progress that will soon usher us into the new house with a better roof compared to the leaking grass-thatched that we had been living under for a long time. I also needed a lactating cow to relieve me of the burden of spending a lot on buying milk from the neighborhood. With the tight budget that we had in place, I could not fully deliver on that but purchased a heifer instead at KES15000 that will still take more time before we start depending on milk production. With the remaining KES 4000, I managed to obtain foodstuff for the household.