My new goal is to assist my husband to raise the family since he can no longer work due to his deteriorating health conditions. The aim is to start a small kiosk business in the village where I would be selling small household products like sugar, soap detergents, tea leaves and salt. Currently, most of the villagers are forced to walk a long distance to get such products and I will have a ready market. The income from this business will help provide food for the family.

In my opinion, I feel that GiveDirectly did well in conducting meetings to inform us about the problem before enrollment. Additionally, sending cash to the less fortunate in the community directly to their phone was a great idea. Similarly making it unconditional allowed every household to choose how to use it

For more than 2 years, My husband has been struggling with legs and stomach issues that were making him unable to walk or work. Our efforts to get medical assistance were almost in vain since we lack the financial capacity. After being enrolled in the program our priority was to seek medical attention. I spent $200 of the recent transfers to take him to the hospital. He was examined and was able to get the right medication, we are currently happy that he is feeling better after the check-up. In addition, I used $80 to support the education of my 2 children who are still in primary school, they had huge fee arrears since it was a long time since we paid their fees. Nowadays, I am relieved that they are learning without any interruption something that has restored peace of mind in my life. Furthermore, I spent $50 to purchase new clothes for every member of the family because we were wearing worn-out clothes which were embarrassing. With the remaining amount, I bought sufficient food for our family of 5 members.

It was early morning in my morning routine of fetching water. I left the phone with my husband, who wanted to call one of our clients who wanted charcoal to be delivered to his place. When I returned home, my husband was fortunate to break the news to me. He saw the Mpesa message, which confirmed that we were KES 55,000 richer. My heartbeat was so fast and I could not explain my shock and excitement because in my lifetime had never received that kind of money.

The biggest difference is finally I am not terrified of the state in which my home would be carried by the heavy rains experienced in my area. My two-roomed house with a verandah is nearly complete and I am happy to have my children have a separate room from mine. It has been uncomfortable to share the small house with my children who are grown up and need their space. I am glad the house is big to accommodate my family and entertain visitors.

My husband has been struggling to make ends meet with the charcoal burning business. We live in a one-roomed hut which has been leaking whenever we have a heavy downpour. My three children have been going to school without the right school attire because the money made from our business is mainly used for food and it is barely enough, I spent KES 1700 to buy all the three school uniforms and paid the Parent-teacher association fee of KES 500. My youngest child was ill and used KES 800 for transport to the nearest public school. My husband bought twenty-two pieces of iron sheets, wood, and other building materials which cost KES 45,000 and he started building our new home. He worked on the project and paid the roofing contractor KES 4500, who could complete the roofing of the house. Since my husband was working on the project and he could not go to his usual charcoal business, I bought food for KES 5000, which would support my family of six members for the next two weeks he was working on the project.