I do not have any new or additional goals in life. I want to concentrate on my grocery business and expand it so that I can be able to continue supporting my children in their education. Seeing them concentrate on their studies without worrying about being sent back home brings me so much joy and it's something I would love to continue experiencing by paying their school fees on time.

GiveDirectly officers respectfully conducted themselves and treated everyone equally. The fact that GiveDirectly chose to give us financial aid made it more outstanding than other organisations that give out help to people. I do not see anything wrong with what GiveDirectly did.

I used to live in a small grass-thatched house that was in a bad shape and the roof had started leaking during the rainy season. We had no privacy as a family since one would see everything we owned at a glance, and our children used to sleep in our neighbor's house. Being a casual laborer, the pay was not lucrative to achieve some of the things we wanted. Upon receiving my recent transfer, I spent KES 35000 to build a more spacious iron-roofed house and used KES 10000 to pay my debtors. From the remaining amount, I spent KES 4000 to pay school fees for my children to avoid them from being sent back home and used the remaining KES 3700 on food.

It was early in the morning as I had just started the casual work I was doing on my neighbor's farm. With the message alert that I received, I could not hesitate to check it up. The information in the message was so exciting that I could not resist celebrating it loudly. I thanked God for enabling GiveDirectly to deliver on the promise they had given us. We had been laying down plans with my family on how best we would spend once it lands in our account. Throughout that day, I had to keep working as I needed to later get home and plan with my family on when to start initiating the projects that we had already planned.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the pride of enjoying enough supply of milk from the cow I bought. It is indeed a great feeling waking up every morning to milk from my farm. I have been able to save a lot that I would have used in buying a liter every day making it easier for me to sort other household bills.

At the top of our spending list was to ensure that we obtain a good breed of lactating cow. I had been working hard on the daily casual labor in the nearby farms where I would be given at least a liter of milk every day and extra pay whenever the total payment exceeds the cost of milk. This had been straining a lot since I could not save even a cent from my daily work. I was able to spend KES35000 on securing lactating cattle that had been of great help to the household in the past month. We are now able to get enough milk every day saving me from the strenuous work that I had been doing to earn just a little amount. I also ensured that I purchased new clothing for my four children, and obtained two sacks of maize at 5600 that we are still using as foodstuff. I also had an ongoing construction of my son's house that I had to complete and bring in new bedding, furniture, and fix a new door at a total cost of KES7000. With the remaining amount, I managed to settle the debt of KES7000 making me comfortable and free from all debts that have been worrying a lot.