I was able to build a business premise with my second transfer. Therefore, my main goal at the moment is to be able to start up a retail shop by bringing in goods to the existing shop. To make this work, plan to raise money from selling the farm produce.

The organization lifted a heavy burden off my back the minute I received my transfer. In my opinion, GiveDirectly has empowered everyone in my village. Thus transforming our living standards. People have built houses, others bought cows and many more. I have not seen any loophole in GiveDirectly's work.

I am a consistent farmer and a mother of ten children. My husband works as a Masonry. It has always been my dream to build a business premise, but this was not possible because of financial constraints due to the school fees responsibilities. Therefore, upon receiving my transfer, I Used KES 20,000 on building the business house. Additionally, I paid the school fees arrears for my children, and finally; I bought a heifer with the remaining amount. I am grateful for the chance that they gave me to transform my living standard in a short period.

It was almost 10 am and I was in my kitchen garden weeding vegetables when suddenly I heard my phone ringing notifying me of a new message. I stopped to check it and I was so happy when I opened the SMS and I read that I had received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. My children who were with me at the farm noticed that there was a sudden change of mood and hence they asked me what had transpired. I told them the good news and they were so happy about it. We thanked God for the blessing.

The transfer has brought a big difference in our lives as a family. This is because we managed to pay school fees for our children and hence we have rested a bit and we have had some peace of mind having done so. We have managed to get enough money for buying food unlike before where most of the money that we were earning, used to go to the payment of school fees.

We spent KES 15500 of our recent transfer on paying school fees for one of our children who is in a day secondary school. We managed to pay for the whole academic year and a half. Getting money for paying school fees has always been our biggest challenge since we do not have stable sources of income. I usually practice farming where I usually grow crops such as maize and vegetables for sale. My husband on the other end is a mason. The money that we get from our income-earning activities, most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our 4 children and buying food. We also spent some of the money on buying clothes for our children and maize for our consumption. With the remaining transfer amount, we spent it on buying iron sheets for completing the construction of a business premise. We were not able to complete the construction because we lacked the money. We want to open a shop business that is going to help us get more income. We are hence so much grateful to GiveDirectly for their big help.