I want to continue the fashion and design course I had earlier started but had to quit owing to not having enough money for school supplies. I want to establish my own tailoring business after graduating so that I can help my spouse provide for our basic requirements while also earning an income.

In my perspective, GiveDirectly performed admirably in our village and even in the villages it visited before ours. The advice on sensible spending was also well received, as shown by the final results, which left me feeling inspired. Residents' living standards have improved as a result of our impartial enrollment.

Getting enough water from the river, which is far from our village, every day has been difficult for my two-person household. My children still attend school and only get home in the late evening, so I had been in charge of this. It has been difficult for me to provide enough water for both residential use and to improve their hygiene. We decided to purchase a $5,000 storage tank worth $350 after getting the second transfer with my husband. To install the tank, I additionally spent $50 on gutters and other extras. I bought food for my family and new clothes with the remaining $130.

I had earlier taken my phone to a charging shop that day because it had drained off the charge. In the evening, I send my elder child to go and pick it and when she came back, I switched it on the phone and abruptly, a cash transfer message popped up. I was eager to open the message because I was not expecting money from anyone and upon checking it, I realized that I had received my first transfer. I got a bit emotional because I was so broke then and knelt down and said a word of prayer. It felt like a moment a turning point to me and truly it is.

I can't hide my joy everyday when I get outside my house and see a dairy cow and water tank in my compound. In a year's time, I will be milking my cow and selling milk to earn money and I will nolonger have to walk far away in search of water. I can't really thank GiveDirectly enough for the support.

For the longest time, I had desired to have two things in my life; a dairy cow and water tank. This is because, I wanted to have an additional source of income and harvest water during rainy season because sometimes during dry season, I can walk for kilometers in search of water. I am a housewife and my husband works as a casual labourer in a certain company and therefore, he couldn't afford to take care of me and our two children out of the meager wages that he earns. Being enrolled in the program was the greatest opportunity in my life because this was the only way that I could afford to get myself all that I wished to have. I spent KES 20,000 to buy a dairy cow and the balance to buy a 5000 litres tank. I'm so grateful to GiveDirectly for making this happen because I couldn't have achieved it by my own.