My life is currently very different in that, I have a business that keeps me busy the whole day and I am able to earn an income from the same. This was not the not case before GD came, I used to do odd jobs and idling was the order of the day.

Currently, I do not have any new goals apart from expanding my second-hand shoe business. This has been my desire for the longest time and all my resources will be geared towards seeing it grow.

Upon receiving my recent transfer, I bought a sofa set. This has enhanced my living room and it now looks more beautiful and neatly done. The remaining amount I boosted into my second-hand shoes business. This has seen the business grow and even expanded its revenue income which sustains me and even manages to get savings from it.

My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer because I now have seats. I am no longer the laughing stock in our estate. I also do not panic or feel embarrassed whenever visitors come to my place. They look petty and useless but these are the things that greatly affected my self esteem. The transfers also helped me revive my business therefore apart from my garbage collection hustle I earn a few coins from the business too. Generally It diversified my source of income and improved my life.

At the moment, I do not have any new or additional goals in my life. I am currently focusing on expanding my business empire so that it can earn me more profits. By doing this, I will have created a job opportunity for unemployed youths thus it will reduce the rate of crime in our village. I will also have a sustainable income which will cater for my needs even after GiveDirectly has finished giving me my last batch of transfers.

I spent part of my most recent transfer to expand my business by adding some stock. My shop has been doing well only that I over stressed it recently when I fully depended on the business to cater for all my needs. I almost squandered all the profits which couldn't allow me to restock the store. I must say the business helped me a lot and GiveDirectly came at the right time when the business was on the verge of falling apart. I spent the remaining amount to buy a set of chairs since I did not have any. I decided to buy these chairs because my neighbors used to laugh at me. I always felt embarrassed whenever I had visitors because they always had to sit on my bed.

My goals now are to expand my business further and own a big boutique for clothes either in Eastleigh area or in the Central Business District of Nairobi.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I restocked my business without much struggle and now I am always assured of something to eat at the end of the day. I know I will not go to bed hungry anytime soon again.

I spent my transfers to expand my clothes business. I have owned a clothes business since the year 2016. I sell items such as sweaters, ladies clothing and shoes. I normally obtain these items from Garrisa Lodge market in Eastleigh or from Gikomba market, and then I resell them by the roadside along Juja road, just near where I live in Mathare 3B village. I used part of the transfers to add stock to this business. My business is going on well now. I also spent part of my transfers to pay my rent and to buy some household items such as seats.

I had not seen the message at all on the day that the transfers came in. I had just woken up when I received a call from a friend of mine who asked me if I had received my transfers. I did not have any idea that the transfers were sent on that day; i must have still been asleep when the message came in. I checked my phone at that moment and I saw the message. I was really happy. I had to confirm again that the message was from Give Directly just to be sure that it was not money that was sent to my phone by mistake. I was so excited and I immediately started to think of how I would spend the money.