I am currently taking up a course in driving heavy-duty vehicles. I am to complete my training in June. My father, who works as a motorcyclist, would struggle to fend for my three younger siblings and I with his little earnings. When I received these funds, I had been at home for a week due to school fee arrears of KES 4000. I, therefore, saw it best to use the whole transfer to reduce the debt so that I would be allowed to continue with my classes.

In my opinion, Give Directly does well because they give people unconditional cash. This has made people to improve their lives and I believe that by the end of the 5 years there will a great improvement in our village. I am a testimony of the benefits of the cash. With the first two transfers I was able to boost my business and currently my sales have doubled from daily KES 1000.

I run a green grocery business alongside with kerosene but since it is the only source of income the stock was low. In most cases, I could spend the whole of the profits and part of the money meant for restocking the business on household needs. When I received the first two transfers I spent KES 3600 on more stock (Vegetable, tomatoes, onions, fruits and kerosene). Since then, the sales have increased from KES 1000 to KES 2000 per day. I am so great full to Give Directly for the support. I am now able to comfortably meet my family's needs and even save some little money at the end of the day. KES 500 was deducted by Safaricom to clear the debt I owed them.

By the time the message came in I had already left the house and I had gone to work, where my friend lends me his motorbike and we work and shifts. The message came in at around eight in the morning and I was excited because I had extra money in my pocket that day.

The funds I receive have created a form of sustainability for me and also my family because at times I have to chip in since my parents do not have any permanent and that is why I even started my own business which I plan on furthering with the funds I receive.

I drive a motorcycle as a taxi and transport people and items to different areas so just last month I decided to venture into a new business and so I opened a store where I sold groceries like cabbages and kales, even sardines because I saw such a that most stores were quite far I decided to feel the supply and demand gap while I earned some liitle cash on the side. I put my younger in charge as I continued to work and when the money arrived I bought more stock for the shop and it cost me KES 700. As for the rest of the money I decided to buying laundry detergent at KES 200 and the remaining KES 300 I bought airtime for my phone occassionally.