I am planning to hire a tractor to assist in farming my piece of land of 10 acres, which is about kshs 50,000. I do subsistence farming for a living and when it is done by casual workers it is time-consuming and very expensive. I am expecting to have a good life, with the good rains I will harvest about 25 bags of maize and beans, of which I will use part of it for consumption while the rest will be for sale. I will therefore open a savings account for my children's school fees. This will help in paying school fees in advance and I am expecting them to have good grades which will be a factor when choosing the best courses to undertake in college education. I am having an additional goal of buying a brand-new motorcycle on loan. It costs kshs 400,000. This is meant for business purposes, especially during online deliveries.

In my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is the fact that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. Another thing that is done perfectly is the fact that the transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that the recipients would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs

Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a three-bedroom modern house for kshs 50,000. Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. Getting a balanced and regular meal had been the most difficult thing for my young family of three. I used the whole balance of kshs 5000 to stock food for an entire month. We are very grateful for the transfers.

I woke up early in the morning, only for me to realise that I had a Mpesa message on my phone showing that I had received money from GiveDirectly. This was the best and happiest day of my life, I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness because I knew that I would be able to pay school fees for my son. I then broke the good news to my wife who was equally happy and grateful. We then embarked on planning how we would spend our transfers.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving my transfer is that I was able to pay school fees for my son. I am so relieved because he will be able to concentrate on his studies. This alone gives me peace of mind because I no longer need to borrow or sell any of our belonging. GiveDirectly has lifted my life positively thus I am thankful for the great work they are doing in impacting our lives and the service to humanity as a whole.

Receiving my transfer was the best thing that had happened to me. This is because I depend on farming to earn a living. Though, production is not good enough to meet all our needs. Therefore, Upon receiving my transfer, I used KES 15,000 in paying school fees for my last born son who is still schooling. I then bought iron sheets worth KES 7000 so has to build a decent house for my son. Lastly, I fenced my land using a chainlink, this is because I am planning on starting a poultry project. I was unable to achieve all this due to financial constraints but I am overwhelmed with joy to have accomplished them in a short period.