With the aim of achieving financial freedom, my current goal is to join welding school. Recognizing that education is a powerful tool for unlocking opportunities, I am committed to acquiring knowledge and skills that will pave the way for a prosperous future. By investing in my education, I am taking a significant step towards building a solid foundation for financial independence.I now have $40 saved towards my enrolment to the welding school that needs $80, which I feel is a good progress toward achieving my goal.

The quarterly transfers from GiveDirectly have been a blessing for me. Firstly, I used $30 to buy food because our store was empty, ensuring my family didn't go hungry. Then, I invested another $30 in purchasing iron sheets, slowly accumulating materials for the construction of a two-roomed house; I already have 8 sheets and plan to buy one each month. Additionally, I saved $30 to enroll in welding school, fulfilling a long-held dream of gaining expertise in welding. As a casual worker with no fixed job, I rely on my parents for support, but I'm determined to improve my skills and become more self-sufficient. With $40 saved up and hopes to reach $80, I'm eager to pursue my dreams and achieve my goals.

I aspire to build a new house. The current living conditions, in a small, temporary one-room dwelling, are inconvenient for prolonged occupation. My vision entails constructing a new house with two rooms, and I am grateful that the cash transfers have allowed me to steadily acquire building materials, particularly iron sheets. As I accumulate the necessary resources, I plan to hire someone to construct the new house for me. Additionally, my goal is to enroll in college next year to undergo welding training. Saving $10 every month, I am committed to affording my tuition, recognizing and relieving the financial strain my father already experiences with household expenses.

Since the inception of the cash transfers, the majority of the funds have been directed toward improving my living conditions by building a better house. Currently residing in a small, deteriorating one-room structure that serves as a temporary shelter, I allocated $30 from the recent transfers to purchase iron sheets for house construction. Concurrently, I set aside $30 from the funds, to utilize these savings to pursue enrollment in a welding college starting next year. This opportunity holds significant meaning for me, as it marks a chance to resume my education after having to drop out in 2019 due to health reasons. Despite recovering, financial constraints prevented me from returning to my studies. The cash transfers have provided a renewed sense of hope, enabling me to consider pursuing education once again. Furthermore, I utilized the remaining $42 to contribute to household needs such as food, aiming to alleviate the burden on my father in supporting the family.

With the aim of achieving financial freedom, my current goal is to join welding school. Recognizing that education is a powerful tool for unlocking opportunities, I am committed to acquiring knowledge and skills that will pave the way for a prosperous future. By investing in my education, I am taking a significant step towards building a solid foundation for financial independence.

Driven by my vision of a dream home, I took a significant step forward by investing $10 in metal sheets, marking the beginning of my house construction project. Through focused determination and mindful financial planning, I am steadily advancing towards my goal of building a home.The current one is very old and when it rains, it leaks. While ensuring the well-being of my family, I allocated $14 towards purchasing essential food supplies to keep my family in good shape. Recognizing the importance of education, I also saved $10 specifically for college expenses, keeping my aspirations for personal growth and development intact.

My main goals this year and beyond is to join college and open my own welding shop. I would achieve this by saving part of my transfers to enable me purchase the necessary equipment to start off my business after I would be done with college by the end of this year.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly is doing everything well in terms of providing financial support to the needy and there is nothing to improve on.

I would want to have my own house and therefore with the transfers that I received, I spent KES. 1000 on buying roofing sheets. I had also wished to have my own business and employ people and therefore I also saved KES 2000 to help me start my welding workshop by the end of the year. With the remaining amount of KES.470, I managed to buy food for my family. I was very grateful for GiveDirectly for the support so far.

It was in the afternoon, I had not gone to work on this particular day because I decide to take some time off from work to just rest my body. I was really worried about the food for that day since I had not gotten to work as I was really tired. I did not have any money. I was sleeping when I heard my phone ring, I thought it was a safaricom message and I almost assumed to check the message but something nudged me to check the message and was surprised to see that GD had sent me that money. I was very happy on seeing this

I have now started working towards my house project. This is quite a big deal to me. I want to build a decent house for myself. MY pay is not much from my daily work to sustain this but my hope is with the GD transfers and my pay I will be able to build myself a nice one roomed house. I had told you earlier that my roof is fall apart its being held by timber because I could not afford nails but now I have bought whole iron sheet which costs more than the nails which means I can now facilitate my building project well.

The money I got was important to me. I do not have a house of my own since I still live in one of the structures owned by my parents. I am a grown man who is not supposed to still be living with his parents. I am far advanced in age. I live in a small house which is almost falling apart, the house has loose sheets of iron with timber holding the iron sheets in place. I want to build a house of my own. I got a sheet of iron sheet using my transfers. I was also able to get food that day because of this transfers.