My newest goal at the moment is for me to be able to build a decent house for my young family. I plan to execute the plan by saving part of my daily income from the motorcycle business. I am so happy that the transfer was an eye-opener for great things to come.

GiveDirectly has done a good job of empowering less fortunate people by giving out unconditional transfers without expecting anything in return. Throughout my interactions with the GiveDirectly staff, I did not encounter any irregularities.

Upon the receipt of my second transfer, I decided to use it in purchasing a motorcycle. This is because I knew that I would be able to employ myself. I am married and blessed with three children. I, therefore, used both my transfers on purchasing a motorcycle. I was unable to purchase one before due to financial constraints because I used to rent a bike daily. I am forever grateful for the funds that lifted my living standards tremendously.

It was in the evening and I was busy constructing our house when suddenly my wife came holding my phone which I had left charging in the house on her hand and telling me that the transfer had been sent. I could not believe what she was saying and hence I took the phone and I checked the SMS for myself. I was so happy when I saw that we had indeed received the promised transfer of KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. We celebrated together and we thanked God and GiveDirectly for blessing us.

The transfer has brought a big difference in my life and that of my family. The food costs that we usually incur have been reduced since we no longer buy milk a lot and maize. This is because we managed to buy a cow and we bought three bags of maize that is going to sustain us for a while. We also bought water containers which we plan to use in storing rainwater and use during the dry season. We always experience a big challenge getting water for use during the dry season. We hence usually buy it where one container goes by KES 50. Apart from the above, we are glad that we now have new clothes that we can wear when we want to travel somewhere.

We spent KES 21000 of the recent transfer on buying a cow. We decided to buy the cow because we didn't have a source of milk. We hence use to buy milk where we could buy a liter every day for KES 60. We were not able to buy a cow before because we didn't have enough money. I am a mason while my wife is a small-scale farmer where she usually grows crops such as tomatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, and she sells them to make some money. The money that we make most of it usually goes to the purchase of food, that is, maize and milk. Apart from the cow, we also bought three bags of maize for KES 4000 per bag for our consumption and rice. We also bought six water containers at KES 200 per container. With the remaining amount of the transfer, we used it in buying clothes for ourselves and our child. We are thus so much grateful to GiveDirectly for supporting us.