My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I live a better life. Currently, I am able to meet the needs of my family like food and clothing without struggling after boosting my husband's charcoal business using my first transfer. The income from his job has increased from a profit of KES500 to KES 700 per day. In addition, I was able to boost my livestock rearing by adding more goats.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in sending us direct unconditional cash transfers to our accounts. The transfers have brought hope to the hopeless and restored the joy of many less privileged households in the village. Through the transfer, there is a lot of development in my village. I don't see anything going wrong during the enrollment process since it open and fair.

I spent my transfer to purchase 5 more goats for KES13500 this was for upgrading my goat rearing, a long-time investment that I will rely on for assistance whenever I face any economic challenge in my life. In addition, I also spent KES15000 to purchase a two-acre piece of land for farming this is because the place where I use to farm was too small to produce enough food for the family. The harvest from this small area would feed us for 1.5 months leaving the rest of the year struggling to feed the family. Besides, I bought a metal box for the safekeeping of my important documents for my family member like the land agreement and certificate of my child. This is because they use to be destroyed since I lack a proper area to store them.

I learned that I had received my first transfer at around 9 AM when I was from the dam. I was overwhelmed with joy since the only message that I had anxiously been waiting for. Without wasting time, I started discussing with my family how best we could utilize the money.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I am now a proud owner of goats. These have been the thoughtful living assets that I have been longing to keep for years but due to the poverty of life, this was not achievable at all. I opted in rearing them because they reproduce twice a year and their offsprings mature faster compared to other domestic animals. Also, their food readily available and this makes it easier for me to look after them. In the few months to come, I am optimistic that they will increase in number and my plan is to sell the matured offsprings and generate an income or even send some of my children to school. Through that, I believe my life will never be the same again courtesy of GiveDirectly.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some livestock which includes some goats that I am currently keeping in my homestead. I also expanded my business of selling some charcoal which I was currently running and it was not so well because sometimes I was utilizing the capital. I later bought some building materials such as some bags of cement, sand, and brick purposely for the renovation of my house which was almost collapsing. I also bought some beddings which include a wooden bed and a mattress to replace the old sacks that I have been using as beddings. With the remaing amount, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family and some other household items.