My hope this year is to restart the grocery business where I was selling a variety of vegetables like cabbage, spinach and tomatoes at home. Earlier, I was forced to stop this work and use all the capital to seek treatment for my two family members who got involved in a road accident 3 months ago. Accomplishing this will ensure a reliable source of income for the family since my spouse is no longer economically active after the incident.

Giving unconditional cash transfers to support the poor household in the society was the best thing that the organization did well. This has improved the living conditions of many households in our village. In addition, everyone was give the right to for enrollment without discrimination. In my opinion, there is nothing that was confusing about the whole process.

I had desired to construct a decent shelter for my firstborn child who is 16 years. This is because his house was grass-thatched, leaking and collapsing, which was very risky to his life. Similarly, he was spending sleepless nights during the rainy season, which lowered his concentration in class. I used $150 of my second transfer to construct a one-roomed, mud-walled iron sheets house for the boy. Additionally, I renovated our house by putting up a strong metallic door that keeps the household items safe. Furthermore, I spent $160 to boost our livestock rearing by purchasing one local dairy cow. This is a future investment for the family since I will have a steady supply of milk and plan to sell the offspring to cater for any emergency and educate my 5 children.

I was at home relaxing on my coach waiting my older daughter to prepare super for the family when I heard a phone vibration. It was around 7pm in the evening. I was very happy when I confirmed the receipt of KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly because I knew the transfer would assist my family in paying school fees. I broke the good news to my husband who work as "mgema" in Kilifi. We agreed as a family to withdraw the transfer the following day so that we could start spending the transfer. The transfer would help me a lot because I am a mother of 7 and I only do some farming and livestock keeping which was not doing well due to droughts in Kilifi.

My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I was able to buy 17 iron sheets for KES 17,000. I have always desired to expand my house my house so that my 7 children would have enough rooms. Previously, we used to share one room with all my 7 children something that made privacy very difficult to be achieved. I am grateful for the support provided by GiveDirectly since it has brought changed into our family. We have started the construction process awaiting my next transfer so that I can complete the building. Furthermore, I also expanded my business of selling "omena" using KES 3,000. This has enabled my family to eat well due to the profit I gained from the business hence improving their health greatly.

I am a mother of 7 currently doing subsistence farming and livestock keeping and also doing some small business of selling "omena" while my husband work as "mgema". Whatever we make as a family combined together is never enough to support the family basic needs especially my children's education. I am grateful for the support provided by GiveDirectly since I was able to pay my children school fees using KES 10,000. My children no longer is worried about being sent out of school. Furthermore, I was able to store food for the family worth KES 10,000 which enabled the family to enjoy some decent meals hence improving our health greatly. I am also planning to expand my current house, therefore, I have bought 17 iron sheet for the need to help in the house construction worth KES 17,000. In addition, I was able to add more stock to my business of selling "omena" using KES 3,000 and the remaining KES 6,000, I bought a small mattress for my two young children.