My life is different that it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I am now owning a decent house for myself. I will no longer had to walk for a long distance in order to borrow shelter from my neighbour. Likewise, I have my privacy something that I have lost for many years. In addition, I was able to start livestock rearing after spending $400 of the first transfer to purchase two cows. Furthermore, I am fetching more water using an oxen cart than earlier when I was carrying them on my head. This was tiresome considering that I was getting them from a long distance.

In my opinion, I thank the organization for supporting the less privileged households in society. Through the unconditional cash transfer. I was able to construct a house something that I could not have achieved without the aid. Coming up with the cash program is what GiveDirectly did well. In my opinion, I don't see anything that it does not do well.

For many years, I have desired to own a house for my self but I lacked the financial capacity to purchase the building materials. For all those years, I was sheltered by my neighbour. Every night I had to walk for one kilometer to my neighbour's house to spend my night there. I spent my transfer to purchase building materials including building poles, 14 irons sheets, tread, timber, and paid labor charges for the construction of my house. I also contributed $100 for the purchase of an animal-driven cart which we are using to fetch water. In addition to that sometimes we are hiring it out for a fee for light transport. With the remaining amount I bought enough food stock for the family.

It was around 10 Am when I preparing breakfast for my family when I heard my phone vibrating. Since I am illetrate I decided to ask for help from my children and on checking, they realized that it was an Mpesa from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I know I would achieve a lot.

The biggest difference in my daily is that I now own a pair of oxen that I am currently rearing. I have been longing to have my own oxen for a long period of time, but due to my financial status, I could not afford it. Through the first transfer that I received, I now own my own oxen which have now changed my life entirely. They are now helping me in ploughing my farm, whereby they take less time and compared to when I used to do the exercise with my own hands. Secondly, I can now prepare my farm in good time compared to how I used to do. This is an assurance that I will be getting plenty of harvests. Thirdly I will be hiring them to my friends at a fee and get an income. The money will help me meet my family's basic needs with ease without straining.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some livestock such as a pair of oxen at a total of KES 40000. I opted in purchasing them becaus they will be of great help for my farming purposes. This has been my long time to own them but they were too costly, therefore I ended up hiring those of my neighbors in every planting season. I later bought some decent clothes for my children to replace the old ones which were old and torn. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family.