We lived a pitiful life before; our living situation was not pleasing since I relied on making and selling charcoals and selling sisal for a living. We have been living is a small grass house as well as staying for a while without food, no decent clothes and no school fees. But since the day I received your support life has changed positively. We have a big decent house, my elder son is happy having collected his results and the ones who are still in school are also happy since they are now full time students unlike before when they could stay at home for almost 3 weeks because of school fees. Thanks to Give Directly for seeing us through this situation which was depriving us of some happiness.

GiveDirectly is a unique organization in terms of giving money unconditionally. So far so good the homes in our village are full of good new houses unlike before when we had hats. I can attest that GiveDirectly is faultless in whatever it does. I pray it continues that way.

I am a mother of 6 children. One completed his secondary education this last year, the second one is in form 2 and the other four are in primary school. On receiving the 2nd transfer, I saw it prudent to complete the construction of our new house which I had already started using the 1st transfer. I made this decision because the house was a grass-house and was leaking profusely during rain seasons. I also took KES 6000 to pay school fee balance for my 1st born who completed his secondary education so as to be given his results, and also paid KES 4000 for the secondary school child. I also bought 4 goats, some clothes for the family and some food.

It was around 10 AM when I was in my house resting then I saw a message notification on my mobile phone. But since I couldn't read clearly, I asked my helper to check what the notification was all about. Upon checking, he realized that it was an Mpesa message from SEGOVIA TECHNOLOGY. I was overwhelmed with joy and without wasting time, I decided to plan on how best I could utilize it without wasting even a single coin.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I managed to pay school fees for my children who are both in primary and secondary schools. Initially, my children used to be sent home regularly for fees and they could stay for weeks simply because of my poverty life. Some had opted to drop our school and the other one had even started to involve himself with unruly friends in the village. I was afraid this could mentally affect him. Since I only depended on the meager casual jobs and I could only earn KES 100 in a day which could not sustain this. However, GiveDirectly came at the right time because finally sent them back to school and I am and they are now having ample time for their studies, unlike before.

I spent KES 10000 of my first transfer on paying school fees for my children who are both in boarding and day schools. I had to prioritize that since they have always been sent home frequently for fees that were affecting them academically. Also, I bought some building materials like iron sheets, building poles, threads, and nails. I intended to Construction of a new house because the previous one was in very poor condition and almost collapsing. With the remaining amount of money, I purchase enough food for my family and at least for now, we no longer skip meals.