I already have three of my children in secondary and tertiary level of education. Our last born child will soon join secondary school as from next year too. This calls for more resources to keep them in school and make sure they have the best in terms of education as I have always desired as a parent. It is because of this reason that I am currently part of a savings scheme that will help us meet such needs of our children comfortably. My wife who stays at home shall also be assisting a great deal in making sure that we have some extra income from the farming that we do at home. This shall be my goal this year and beyond until all our children are done with their secondary and tertiary education. We look forward to having the support that we have always had from GiveDirectly to see this come to pass.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by not only giving equal amounts of money to each individual recipients but also doing so in a fair and just manner. Everyone was given an equal opportunity to benefit from the funds as long as they were full time residents of the village. This has led to mutual respect between people within our village and has also brought us together through merry go round contribution schemes. We can only look forward to getting those transfers and it is our wish that thy be increased to help us cope better with the current cost of livinng.

When I received my most recent transfer of $29, I used all of it to clear school fees for one of my children who is currently in their secondary school level of education. This is how this money has been helpful to me all this while. Being a father of four with three of my children already in and beyond secondary level, it has always been my priority to spend any little money that I get in paying school fees for them. I do not depend entirely on this income but I also do farming and work as a casual laborer here in the city. This transfer has always come in handy to help me feel some gaps that I would have found difficult to fill. My wife has also been very supportive with the subsistence farming works that he does at home and this is the only way that we have managed to pool our resources together and afforded to give better education to our children. Our last born will soon start his secondary education as well and this means that I will need more money to keep them in school.

Beginning in March, I plan to save my subsequent transfers in merry-go-round, $10 every month, to raise $200 to buy a cow for milk production which I will sell to complement my income.

Your initiative of reminding us of our M-PESA security has been of great importance as it makes us cautious with our mobile money curbing chances of conning. I also like the way you survey us after sending us the transfers, the follow-ups keep us accountable.

I am a father of four working as a shop attendant for survival. All four kids are school-going, one is in college, two are in secondary school, and one is in primary school. Since it was school opening period, I used $20 to buy them school-related items such as books and pens and gave them a portion for transport. I spent the remaining $9 to buy food that lasted us for four days.