I am now boasting of having cows in my homestead. I would have taken years to accumulate enough savings to buy them. Having them is saving for the future of my children's education. Additionally, I was able to hire labor services in preparation for my farm since I could not do any hard job due to my condition and neither did I have someone to help me. I have now gotten a good harvest like my fellow villagers. I am also in the process of constructing a spacious house to live in with my family.

What I love about GiveDirectly is their determination to enrol needy households and giving them freedom of choice to plan when they get their transfer. Also, the pieces of advice given on how I should spend my transfer to change my own life has been helpful to me. I do not see anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I spent a bigger portion of my first transfer to pay for my delivery expenses. I went through cesarian delivery which was costly. For sure, were it not for this financial support, I don't think I would have been able to clear these expenses. I had also begun to construct a new house but I lacked building materials. I took KES 5000 from my transfer and successfully purchased building poles and paid for the mason for his services. My new house will soon be complete which is more spacious than the previous one. I am finally spending the rest of the money to cater to my household's basic needs such as daily foodstuffs and other expenses.

Through this money, I managed to purchase the things that I badly wanted by couldn't afford due to my low-income job. I managed to purchase a cow, which I am currently keeping in my homestead. I know with time, this cow will reproduce and increase in number with time. Through them, I will be able to educate my children. I was also in the process of building a house but I could not finish it due to limited resources. After receiving the money, I bought the remaining materials that were required and finished the construction process. To me accomplishing these goals makes me happy. To me, these are the biggest difference I have achieved so far.

I received a message notification very early that morning. This was very unusual so I decided to check what it was all about. When I checked, I realized that it was from Give Directly. They had sent me to my Mpesa account. I was overwhelmed with joy with the news. I didn't expect the message at the time. I remember not going back to sleep. I kept tossing as I planned how I was going to use the money.

I had begun constructing a new house since the one I was living in previously was in a bad state and was almost collapsing. I couldn't continue with my building project because I didn't have enough money to buy enough materials. I am happy and thankful to GiveDirectly because, through them, I was able to purchase the additional materials that were required to finish the building process. In addition to this, I also bought a cow for rearing. I believe it will reproduce and multiply with time. Apart from that, I also spent the money to cover my delivery expenses. I also did the shopping for my new baby using this money. I spent the rest of the amount to cater for my other household needs