I do not have any new goals for now and I am grateful for being able to achieve the ones that I had in mind which was to own livestock. I now gave assets that I can readily lean on in case of any emergency. Initially, I did not have any of these, life has been so tough, especially when I encounter any financial crisis.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by coming to our village and enrolling every needy household. Our lives have generally changed positively and this is evident from the new houses, a good number of livestock in every compound, our children have also been attending classes regularly. I am so grateful for what has been happening in my village because if it were not for them, we wouldn't have achieved this.

I spent part of the second transfer on buying iron sheets at KES 9000, and the labor charges of KES 3500. I had intended to construct a new house because the previous one was small in size and in poor condition. I have never enjoyed the peace of living in a decent house for a couple of years. I am glad that for now, I sleep in a better shelter and I do not have to worry about the rains. I later bought two goats at KES 5000 and a dairy cow KES 17000. It has always been my desire to own these assets for a long period but they were too expensive. I settled for the cow because of the milk production and I am planning to sell milk soon. In addition, I bought a mattress at KES 5000 to replace the old one which has worn out. With the remaining amount, I bought foodstuffs for my family and other household items.

It was a normal routine day for me, I was busy in my charcoal business when I heard my phone ringing, at first, I thought maybe it was a normal service provider message, but upon checking I was able to confirm that I had received money from GiveDirectly, I was so happy and excited, I immediately called my husband to inform him of the Wonderful news that we had received, he too was happy and grateful.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I used to live in a small house together with my husband and our young child before, I was not happy with it but there was no other way out due to our financial status, Our dream was realised when we received our first transfer which came as a big relief for us, My husband and I managed to build a decent spacious house, which we were unable to construct before due to our unreliable source of income, In addition, I bought a cow that would be giving us milk for our child and also for us. We are thankful for this great impact that has changed our lives.

My biggest concern was to build a decent house for my family, the one that we were living in before was small, therefore when I got the confirmation message from the mpesa that I had received the transfer, I knew that this was the opportunity for me to change my living standard, therefore, I used 300 dollars to build a decent spacious house, I then used 150 dollars to buy a dairy cow for us to get enough milk for our child, The remaining amount I bought a mattress and foodstuffs.