Besides being a tailor, I am also a farmer. In the coming year and beyond, I am planning to hire a piece of land as the one I have is smaller in size. I will be hiring labour so as to save on the time wastage. I have been doing it with the help of my family members who are only available in the evenings, and it could take us a whole month to complete an acre of land. In addition to this, I will be opening up a new business of groceries to be operated by my wife. The business will specifically be taking care of the family's basic needs like food and clothing.

n my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. The transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs

I am a tailor by profession. The profits I get from my business has never been enough since I have so many responsibilities to take care of. Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a two-bedroom modern house for kshs 30,000 Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. I am a University student, a third-year student studying English Literature. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 23,000 to pay for my tuition fees

The moment I received my transfer, I can vividly recall that I was at home, It was early in the morning when I was still in bed when suddenly I heard my phone ringing. Upon checking my phone I noticed that I had received cash from GIvedirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness because I knew that the transfer would transform our lives. I then broke the news to my wife who was overwhelmed with happiness. And lastly, we embarked on planning how we would utilise the transfer wisely.

I was able to complete the construction of my house which had been left halfway due to financial constraints. I was almost on the verge of giving up but GiveDirectly gave me hope. I am grateful that I was able to complete it right on time. In addition to that, I was also able to furnish the house. GiveDirectly has lifted our living standard thus we are thankful for the unconditional transfer that brought a change in our lives.

Upon receiving my transfer, I opted to build a decent house for my family. This is because I had started construction of a house before but unfortunately I was unable to complete it due to financial constraints. I work as a tailor, married and blessed with three children. Therefore I used KES 22,000 on completion, I then used KES 12,000 on purchasing a sofa set seats. Lastly, I used the remaining amount of the transfer on buying clothes and foodstuffs. I am so grateful for the support that lifted our living standards amazingly.