Since the demise of my spouse, I am left to be the sole breadwinner of the family. Currently I am struggling to put food on the table for my family of four. I want my family to be food secure, GiveDirectly's cash transfers will enable me to stock enough food, buy bedding and clothes. This will cost $140 of my transfers from GiveDirectly. I want to shift my focus to irrigation farming but I do not have a water pump generator. This is the greatest setback to kickstart my dream. I will use $235 to buy a water pump generator. This will be the turning point of my life, it will help me to support my family without struggling. I promised myself to support my daughters to pursue their education and succeed in life. I will therefore use $350 of the transfers to play school fees for the next term. It will give them humble time to do revision and work on their studies.

My life has been difficult for the past six months, I am struggling to pay school fees for my daughters who are in secondary school. Despite this challenge, I am happy that my daughters have not been sent home to collect school fees arrears. This motivates me to work harder and support their dreams of living a colorful life in future.

My daughters Naomy and Ruth performed well in Kenya certificate of primary education examination and joined Tuluk secondary and Yatya secondary school in January this year. This came with mixed feelings, I am happy that they are on the right track to chase their dreams while on the other hand I am stressed up on how I will manage to pay for their education. I rely on casual jobs to earn a living and support my family. Casual jobs pay $3 a day which is not enough to meet our ends. It has made it difficult for me to pay school fees for my daughters at the same time to put food on the table. Sometimes I go to bed without food which is heartbreaking.