I hope to work harder with the money I saved to expand my business in order to sustain it and bring in enough money to support my family. I am eager for the day when I am free from concern for necessities like food and school expenses.

The one thing about Give Directly that I found admirable is how everyone, young and old, literate and illiterate, gets an equal opportunity to register for the program. This is a valuable lesson that all participants in the program can apply..

With my second transfer of Ksh 53,010, I was able to purchase great seats with Ksh 20,000 to outfit the fabricated house that I constructed using my first transfer from Give Directly. I also got new good utensils with Ksh 3000 and I purchased food that will be enough for a family of six for something like one month using ksh 10000. I saved ksh 20000 so I can help back my business that shut down because of an absence of funds, and I'm glad to be opening it back soon.

It was almost 9 am and I was already up at the farm weeding when suddenly my phone rang hence notifying me of a new SMS. I stopped for a while to check it and I could not believe my eyes when I read that I had received KES 55000 in my mobile money account. I was so happy on seeing this because the money was going to help me a lot in achieving the plans that I had already made. I thanked God for it and I continued with the farm work since I was feeling rejuvenated with the good news.

The transfer has brought a big difference in my life and that of my family. This is because I finally managed to build another house, something I never thought I will be able to achieve soon due to lack of money. My children will thus have a conducive place to study from once the construction is done. I am also glad because I now have a cow that is going to provide us with milk for our consumption when it calves. I will hence no longer incur the cost of buying milk like before.

I spent KES 28000 of my recent transfer on building another house. I bought iron sheets at KES 18000 and trees for construction at KES 10000. I decided to build another house so that my children could have somewhere conducive for them to study. The house that I have been living in will be the kitchen and the new one will be the main house. It has always been my wish to build another house but I didn't have the money to do so since I do not have a stable source of income. I am a single mother and I usually grow vegetables and I sell them at the nearest shopping center to earn some income. The money that I get from the sales is not much, most of it usually goes to the purchase of food and a little to payment of school fees for my two children. Other than that, I also spent KES 20000 on buying a cow. I decided to buy the cow because we didn't have one that could provide us with milk for our consumption. We have thus been buying it where we usually buy a liter everyday at KES 50. With the remaining transfer amount, I spent it on buying two bags of maize for our consumption. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the great help that you accorded us.