Our new goal is to look for more money for paying school fees for one of our children who is going to join a secondary school in the next academic year. A lot of money will be required for paying school fees and for buying the many school items that are required. We do not have jobs. We usually depend on farming to earn a living where we usually grow maize and rear cows. The maize does not usually do well most of the time due to some disease that has been affecting it for a while now. We usually harvest what is only enough for our consumption most of the time. As a result, it is the cows that we depend on most. We usually sell milk and the money that we make from the sales is what we usually use in paying school fees for our children. We still have two who are in college, and the one who is to join secondary school.

GiveDirectly did well because they were not biased during enrollment. They went to every household in the village. I, however, would like to recommend to them to kindly consider helping the older children who have already completed their studies and are at home and not help the parents alone. Giving them some transfers will enable them to develop themselves, for example, they can start a business with it. Otherwise, everything ran smoothly.

We spent KES 15000 of our recent transfer on buying a water tank. We bought the water tank because we usually experience a prolonged dry season in our place and the river where we usually go to fetch water from is very far away. One gets tired of making long trips. With the water tank, we will be able to collect rainwater for household use during the dry season. We also bought three bags of maize at a total cost of KES 9600. We no longer had maize for our consumption. The little that we had harvested had finished. Other than that, we also bought some sofa sets at KES 7000. We decided to buy them because we didn't have enough chairs in our house. With the remaining transfer money, we used it in buying some utensils, some clothes, water containers, and we saved some that we plan to use in farming. We want to till land and plant maize. We are thus so much grateful to GiveDirectly because we got the things that we didn't have before with their transfers.

I felt so happy the moment I received the transfer. It was around 9am. I was on my way to the shop when I heard a message notification from my phone. When I checked it I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and immediately informed everyone at home. We all celebrated ans plan on how to spend the money. I went to withdraw the money the same day and started plan.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have paid school fees for my son who is in secondary school. I used to struggle so much to ensure that he is at school studying. I depend on small scale farming and causal jobs. This earns small income, I was not able to pay all the school fees on time. My son could be sent home and this was affecting his performance in school. Currently I have paid all the school fees, my son is so happy and he promised to improve his performance this time round. He has been able to attend all the lessons in school. I have peace of mind to do my daily activities without being disturbed. I have been in a position to save some amount for other basic household items. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has enabled me to fulfilled my wishes.

I spent KES 20,000 to buy a dairy cow. This has always been my wish and I was able to fulfilled it. I paid KES 20,000 school fees for my children in various schools. My children were able to study well without being sent home. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard.