Maize buying and selling business has been my dream business for a long time. The struggles to fix a lot in my household that have finally been facilitated by the first and the second transfers were blocking me from initiating this idea. At the moment, this is the new goal that I would wish to save for and invest in once I can. Maize has a high demand since the weather conditions we have been experiencing for the past 10 years have never been good enough for maize production making the whole community to be dependent on buying instead of farming.

GiveDirectly did us a great favor when they visited our village, ensured that every household was enrolled, and received the transfers at the same time. We have always been thankful for the transformation that we have experienced since we received the transfer, and we can attribute these to the great guidance and the close follow-up after every transfer that we received from GiveDirectly. I have nothing to complain about but I am thankful and wish the organization all the best as they move to other new villages.

With a family of five, milk production from a single cow that I had been keeping has not been sustainable, especially during dry seasons. I saw it good to bring in an additional heifer worth KES 25000 with the second transfer that I will be rearing to help us in the future. I also had an ongoing construction that I had initiated with the first transfer and had to fix the windows and an outside door at KES 5000. I spent KES 10800 on the purchase of three sacks of dry maize grains that we are still using for foodstuff, and also a pair of new clothes for all my three children, my husband's, and also mine. We are all happy at the moment that we are not only enjoying the comfort of a spacious house, but also enough foodstuff, and brand new clothing whenever we are stepping out of the house.

It was half-past 9 in the morning when I received a message from the service provider notifying me of the first transfer I had been anticipating. I was so happy and even though I was alone in the house then, the noise I made was loud enough to be heard by my immediate neighbors. I thanked God for fulfilling the promise given by Giveidrectly, which had finally been honored. Imagining the great changes I had planned to make once I received the transfer gave me more joy, and I felt it so possible at last.

Having a good breed of a cow in my field is so far the biggest difference in my daily life alongside other great projects I have managed to initiate. I had been buying milk for a long time now that was so expensive that I could not afford at all time. Currently, I am hopeful that soon I will be having enough milk both for household use and even surplus for sale.

The small-scale farming I had been doing for quite a long time had been generating small income just enough to feed my family and settle small household bills. It has been so hard for me to make any tangible investment as the small savings I had been trying to make had never lasted any longer in my account. With the transfers I received, I dedicated $250 to purchase a cow. This will stop the perennial debts that I had been accumulating with the milk vendor. I also purchased construction materials that included 18 iron sheets at the cost of $150. These have been useful in the ongoing construction of an extra house for my son who had been spending all nights at the kitchen right after we are done cooking. As a firstborn and the only boy among our three children, I saw it good to construct him a separate house where he will be doing his evening studies and later sleeping there. I also spent $35 of the remaining amount on foodstuff for the household as we had not been having enough maize in our stores.