After utilizing the second transfer, I realized that I need to invest more in livestock specifically goats. This is because goats have ready markets and they can be easily sold if need arises. So my plan is to buy more goats if I get some money. By doing so, I will set a reliable investment that my family and I can rely on.

GiveDirectly did so well by holding our hands and empower us from the lowest level of life we were in to a good life standard where we can stand on our feet. It helped us to build houses, buy livestock as well as pay school fees for our children. In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well and it has no fault at all in fact I would recommend it to come again for a third time if possible.

Upon withdrawing the money, the plan I had was to construct a house which I did for a cost of KES 23000.00. The reason behind building the house is that, I didn’t have a house at all and I was sleeping in my brother's house. I also paid school fees for my two children. I used KES 8000.00 for the one who is in secondary school and KES 300. 00 for the second one who is in primary school. Since I didn’t have a defined source of income and the season we were in was tough due to the drought that affected us, I opted to save the remaining amount of money for the family upkeep.

I learned that I had received my first transfer at exactly 9:30 AM when I was doing laundry. Due to the excitement that I had, I remember having leaving the task I was handling and decided to share this awesome news with all my family members. We decided to conduct a special prayer and giving thanks to God for bringing GiveDirecty into our village. My children extended the celebration happily till dawn because they finally knew that they would go back to school.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to clear the school fees arrears for my three children. Initially, they used to be sent regularly to collect fees and due to my poverty life, they could stay home for several weeks. My spouse passed on many years ago and I have been the head of the family in terms of finances. The meager incomes from the odd jobs have not been enough for the family's basic needs like foodstuffs and paying school fees. However much I tried to make all ends meet, most of the time I was not able to pay school fees on time. It reached a time my daughters wanted to drop out of school because they were so tired of being sent home and he felt embarrassed. The organizations, came just at the right time since it is the same week when that he had decided to quit. Therefore, after I received the money my priority was to pay their school fees. I am so happy to see all my children going to school and getting better education like the rest. This is a promising of a bright future ahead together with their generation.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying beddings which include a new wooden bed and a mattress at a total of KES 10400. This had to be my first priority because previously I used to sleep on the traditional bed made of ropes which were small. I also clear school fees of KES 15800 for my children who are in both secondary and primary schools respectively. I am happy they are no longer being sent home regularly as before. To add to that, I bought building poles, ropes, and timber at KES 6000. This was for the construction of a new house becasue previously, I used to shelter in my brother's house since my spouse passed on ten years ago and I had to leave my matrimonial home because I was experiencing conflicts with my in-laws. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family some other household items.