I am planning to start up a small business supplying maize to boarding schools. I usually do it although to homesteads on order. In the near future, I will be expanding and mostly the deliveries will be done by the motorcyclist as they will be in large quantities. The profits from the business will be taking care of my kids' school fees.

Another thing that is done perfectly is that the transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we 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 two-bedroom modern house for kshs 30,000 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. I am a University student, a third-year student studying English Literature. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 23,000 to pay for my tuition fees

It was around 8 Pm I was preparing food when I heard a message notification from my phone. When I checked it out I could not believe my eyes. It was a message confirming that I have received the money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because that was the highest amount of money I have ever received. I immediately informed my children and all were happy. I knew I would be able to buy more materials for the building since we lived in a small house that could not host all my family members comfortably. I took a period of five days then I went to withdraw the money and started spending it. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled us to fulfill our dreams.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased all the building materials ready to build a better and more spacious house. We live in a small mud house that could not host us comfortably. it has been my wish to own a better house but it was not possible since we did not have the money to buy the building materials. I depend on small-scale farming and I am a primary school teacher. The money that I got from my job was for school fees and basic household items. The produce that I would get from my farm is majorly for consumption. I had purchased a few materials with my saving but I have not yet started the construction. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy because this was the opportunity to purchase all the building materials that were needed. I have all the materials ready to start the construction process. I hope to build a better and more spacious house where we would live comfortably with my children. We are so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly this could have taken quite some time to achieve.

I spent KES 30,000 on purchasing iron sheets, timber, nails and all the materials that were needed. I am planning on building a better and more spacious house for my family. We lived in a small house now which cannot host all my family comfortably. I hope to start the construction process soon. We will have a decent and spacious house for the family. I spent KES 13,000 on purchasing wire and poles. I have fenced all my farm. This has always been my wish to prevent the cows from destroying my crops. Currently, my compound is secured and I am so happy. The remaining amount of money I spent on household items and food for the family. We are so grateful because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards.