My goal is to construct a dairy unit for my cows. I want to adopt the zero-grazing practice on my cows. This is because our area is a harsh climate environment and the sun is too much. The cows hence suffer a lot under the hot sun. They also get prone to diseases when they move around grazing with other cows. With the dairy unit, they will have a shade to cool themselves down from the hot sun and they will be less prone to diseases. This thus results in the good management of the cows. I have always wanted to construct the dairy unit but I was not in a position to due to a lack of money. I wasn't able to construct it when I had the transfer because I decided to use the money on settling the school fees arrears of my five children. I, therefore, plan to raise the money through farming. I plan to grow crops such as beans and the boma rhodes grass and sell them to get some income. On top of that, I plan to borrow a loan to add to the amount that I would have raised. This way, I will be able to construct the dairy unit that I have always wanted.

GiveDirectly did well because they helped me a lot. I didn't have the money to clear the children's school fees at the time. GiveDirectly came in handy and I was able to pay their school fees. They also uplifted the lives of many in the community because people were able to build houses, pay school fees, and many more. I, however, feel that people with special needs, that is the disabled should be helped more.

I spent the whole of my second transfer on paying school fees for my five children. I didn't have money for their school fees and I was contemplating selling the cows that I had to raise the money that was being needed at school. The money from GiveDirectly came in handy and hence I didn't sell my cows anymore. Payment of school fees has always been my biggest challenge especially since among the five children, there is one who is studying at a very expensive private university. I am employed as a policeman while my wife is a farmer. I am hence practically the breadwinner of the family. The money that we get from our income-earning activities most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our children. I hence no longer have to worry about where to get the money to clear the school fees arrears.

On receiving the first transfer, I was a little bit surprised but after confirming the authenticity of the message, I was excited and had to inform everyone in my family. I had been standing in as my mother's helper and had to also confirm her phone whether there was a message too in her phone. We were all happy and had to celebrate since we had plans lined up for the transfer we had been expecting. I had to withdraw both mine and my mother's and with the plans we had we initiated them before long.

The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the first transfer is the clearance of my three children's school fees. I had been struggling to meet all the household financial needs and on receiving this transfer, I was grateful that I am finally finding an easy time clearing their school fees so that I can concentrate on other projects.

With a family of seven, it has never been easy raising all my five kids as the demands. Meeting all their financial obligations in school has been a struggle even with the small salary I had been receiving from my current job as a police officer. My firstborn is at the University at the moment, the other two are in secondary school, and the younger two are in primary school. On receiving the first transfer, I spent KES50000 as I had to clear with the firstborn to be able to sit for his examinations. I am glad that they are all settled and working hard without being sent back home as they used to be sent back before. With the remaining KES4700, I spent purchasing new clothing for my household members who were also happy to be part of the great celebration after I received the transfer.