Currently, I sell locally made doughnuts by the roadside. people prefer them for breakfast thus they are usually on high demand in the morning hours leaving me idle for the better part of the day. I, therefore, have new plans to save some money to raise capital for starting up vegetables business. With this, I will not only have an additional source of income but I will have a more productive day that will save me from a lot of idle talks with my neighbors.

It is amazing how the whole village that was marked by local doughnut business all over has transformed. There are still a few people in this kind of business, but they have other businesses alongside it. The idea of enrolling every village member and giving us an equal amount of money without being biased was great. I have no complaints but to thank Give Directly for their support.

Livestock farming has been of great help to our family, especially in the payment of school fees for our children. When we received the second transfer we bought three goats for 12000 KES. I plan to sell some of them in the future once they will have given birth to raise money for purchasing a cow because they are more beneficial in terms of milk provision and additional cows once they reproduce. 20000 KES I spent on a solar panel for our household use. I have been using lantern lump in my lifetime but it is expensive when it comes to budgeting for kerosene considering the current rise in fuel prices. I have not only cut on the cost of kerosene but my children to have enough lighting for their studies. I am glad I currently have a decent sleeping place after acquiring both a bed and mattress worth 14500 KES. Previously, we slept on the ground on a mat. We not only ended up with painful ribs in the morning, but we could not get enough sleep due to the bites from crawling insects. The remaining 6000 KES I paid in school for children's primary school fees. This both cleared the arrears he owed the school and paid for part of next term's school fees.

The moment I received my first transfer, I felt so good. It was late in the evening and I was just at home preparing supper for my family members. In the process, I got a message notification on my phone. When I checked the message, I was shocked to see an Mpesa message. I was least expecting any Mpesa message from anyone. By keenly looking into the message, I could not control my joy to realize that it was the GiveDitecyly's transfer. What a happy moment? Carried out with the excitement, I paused from cooking and respectfully went to inform my husband. At that moment, my mind was pre-occupied with the thoughts of how we would carry out the process of building a new house because the current house is very small. I had never received such amount of money in my lifetime.

The biggest difference in my life since I began receiving my transfer is owning a newly built and spacious house. Although the house is not yet fully built, I have begun sleeping in it together with my four children. I am a happy mother, and this feeling I experience more often whenever I see my children spending in their own room where I can check them at will. Previously, they used to spend at their grannies house hence I could not easily check on them.

I spent my most recent transfer to build a new spacious and better house. The transfer helped me to buy building materials coding KES 40,000 which I usef to build a two bedroom house. I knew that by executing this goal, my children would be able to get a free bedroom where they would be spending instead of always overcrowding at their grannies house. I also spent part of my transfer to buy 3 goats costing KES 3000 each. I look forward to selling them at the end of the year at KES 5000 each in order to buy a cow from which I shall be able to obtain milk.