At the moment, I have a new goal to expand the current livestock farming I had been running. After buying a dairy cow with the second transfer, I expect an increase in milk production from my cows. Alongside dairy farming, I had been growing my savings that will boost the purchase of sheep in my new goal. This project will ensure an uncomplicated payment of school fees since they will be at the secondary level in a year.

GiveDirectly's work and the support we received were so helpful in numerous ways that most families are currently living a better life. Many constructed new houses and others cleared their children's school fees after receiving the money. They did everything well, and I wish the program would be back to the village after completing the other they are yet to finish. I saw nothing wrong with the entire process and am thankful I was part of the beneficiaries.

After investing part of the first transfer on a dairy cow that is currently lactating, I saw it great to further used part of the second transfer to buy another one to increase the amount of milk produced. I was fortunate to get a good breed of eight months in-calf at KES 45000 from the market. With the lactating cow, I have been saving in bits and hope the two will increase income from the sale of milk, thus more savings. I later spent the remaining amount on foodstuff for my family of five and also bought new pairs of clothes for my three children. I am grateful for the support that has transformed my household greatly.

It was almost 6 am and I had not woken up. Suddenly, I heard my phone ringing notifying me of an incoming new message. I reached out for it to check what the SMS was all about. I was surprised when I found out that it was a mobile money SMS saying that I had received KES 55000 that GiveDirectly had promised us. I was so happy that I jumped out of my bed with joy. I could not believe that I had received such a huge sum of money in my mobile money account and thus I found myself having woken up earlier than usual. I then called my husband who was away at work and I informed him the good news. He was so happy too and we thanked God for everything.

The transfer has brought a very big difference in our lives as a family. This is because, with the cow that we bought, we no longer incur the cost of buying milk like before. The children are also happy because they have enough milk for their consumption. Other than that, we also managed to buy a few bags of maize that is going to push us for a while. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for supporting us.

We spent KES 46000 of our recent transfer on buying a cow that came with its calf. We bought it because we didn't have a source of milk. We have thus been incurring the cost of buying milk where we are usually supplied with a liter every day at KES 50 and we pay for it at the end of the month. One liter of milk is little and hence our children have been suffering due to a lack of milk for their consumption. We have been meaning to buy a cow but due to a lack of money, we have not been in a position to. I usually rear chickens and sell eggs to earn some income for buying essential household items such as sugar, milk, etc. My husband on the other end is casually employed as a driver. The money that he gets paid, most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our three children and buying foodstuffs such as maize and milk. It has thus been hard to do other developments. Other than the cow, we also spent KES 6800 on buying two bags of maize for our consumption, and with the remaining transfer amount, we used on buying some clothes for the children.