Since I received two transfers and I am not going to receive any longer, I would save little by little from my business to buy two more hectares of land and build m my house, eat well, and do farming. I would like to request GiveDirectly to at least consider me by adding more funds.

Thank you so much GiveDirectly for your support. Indeed, I do not have anything to complain about since You are like an eye-opener to me. I lacked a lot in the past and there was nothing I could do. At least now I own two hectares’ pieces of land and would like to save and buy two more hectares.

I spent kes. 5000 in buying a bed, and a mattress at kes. 3000, a plot of land at kes. 30000 with the first transfer and kes. 30000 from the second transfer. Kes. 10000 paid for my grandchild’s school fees she is a form one girl. And the remaining amount of money I spent on buying food for the family. I am a maize and vegetable farmer. I am a mother of two but all of them are married. My husband passed on one week ago he is yet to be buried. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for your support indeed you have changed my family’s life.

I can still remember just like yesterday when I was at the farm when I saw my son with a phone on his hand and he looked excited. I was nervous because I knew there should be some good news he wanted to share. After asking him what the matter was, he told me that GiveDirectly had sent my first transfer into my Mpesa account. On hearing this, I was very excited and I was sure all my dream are now achievable. I remember canceling my farming plans for that day. We went back home and extended the celebration with the other family members.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that through financial help, I was able to acquire a piece of land. I have been, living with my children in a very small piece of land a half an acre and land and my desire was to buy my own land and build a home for my children and their generation. Also during the planting season, I have been leasing other people's lands which were relatively expensive. Due to the financial hardships I am facing and being old together with my sick spouse, I lacked the resources to buy my own land. I am happy that I managed to fulfill this and I know I will be getting lots of harvests because I am even planning to practice large-scale farming. I never expected this to happen to me anytime soon because it has been tough all along. I will cover be thankful to GiveDirectly for the support.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying a new wooden bed at KES 5000 which was to replace the old traditional bed made of ropes. I have been experiencing lots of discomforts whenever I sleep and most of the days I could wake up so tired and with back pains. I am happy this has finally come to an end. I later bought a piece of land (4hacres) which I will be paying in installments. I managed to pay KES 30000 for a start and I am happy I will now own the piece of land since I have been leasing those of my friends since mine was very small. I also cleared school fees of KES 10000 for my grandson who is in secondary school. He was so lucky because they were even about to sit for their exams and definitely he would miss it. With the remaining amount of money, I am using it in buying foodstuffs for my family.