My new goal is to purchase an acre of land for myself. This is because I am living at my parental home with my one child and according to our traditions, I lack land ownership right since I am an unmarried woman. Owning a piece of land will be my future investment for the child, also I plan to plant trees that I would sell when they mature while saving some money for the construction of our home.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in enrolling everyone household in the village. In addition, giving the transfers without any restriction on how to spend it was what they did well. This has given us the right to choose how to better our lives with the cash aid. Also, I propose the organization to include people with physical vulnerability and have a close follow-up. Enrolling them with their trustee or helpers and trusting them entirely with their transfers sometimes they are defrauded of their aid.

I spent $100 of my recent transfer to assist my brother in educating his 3 children who are in the national secondary school. This is because they had huge fee balances and they were about to drop out of school something that would impact their future life negatively. Currently, I am happy that they are learning without any interruption something that has restored the peace of mind of my brother. In addition, I used $80 to purchase sufficient food for my family of 2 members. The high inflation of food products was forcing us to bed without food. With the remaining amount, I saved them and plan to repair my sewing machine which had a mechanical problem as well as purchase various linens to start a tailoring business at our nearby market center. Currently, I am vending milk around the village which earns me $ 1 per day which is not enough to support the family's basic needs fully. With the saving of $500 from the transfers, I am positive that I will be able to start a tailoring business that will be a reliable source of income for my family.

I was at home ,in the kitchen preparing breakfast for my family. I had the phone in my pocket. I heard two messages notifications , upon checking one was from safaricom , the other one was from Give Directly. I had to rush to the sitting room to inform my husband about the transfers, he did not believe, and both of us had to go through the text message again, just to confirm if it was indeed true. I was so happy, as I received the transfers on the exact day I was promised by the Field Officer who visited me.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family have been feeding on regular and balanced diet. With the profits I get from my fish and groceries business, I can comfortably provide for my family's needs unlike before when I solely depended on well wishers and debts from all over.

I have had no source of income for the longest time. The transfers was of a blessing, as I used part of it of Kshs 30,000 to start a small business of selling dried fish and grocery business. Food being a basic need, this is the kind of business with high demand, selling out so fast, with a high probability of higher profits. I used Kshs 20,000 to build a house, my house was not in good shape and condition, I built a modern house , whereby I could use an extra room to keep the groceries when they are supplied in excess.