My life is now so different because I managed to clear school fees for my sons. This has been my greatest worry and problem because I did not get a chance to go to school and My wish was to see my children getting a good education. It is now my pleasure that they are all in school and they are studying without any disturbances. I am so assured that their future shall be bright and their coming generation. Had it not Givedirectly coming to my village, I would not have cleared their fees anytime soon. I am so thankful to GiveDirectly.

In my opinion, GiveDirectky has done us so well in numerous ways. One we received the money direct to our mobile phones and the money was unconditional. We were given the opportunity to choose how we could spend the money appropriately. We all had freedom on accomplishing what we had desired to have for years. I was so happy with this idea because with the previous organizations I never experienced such. The enrolment was also fair enough. All in all, I do not see any sector GiveDiectly failed us.

I spent a larger portion of my second transfer on boosting a kiosk business which was almost collapsing. This is what I have been depending own since my spouse passed on some years back. He left behind three children who were both in primary school. It was so difficult for me to clear their school fees on time. Sometimes I could utilize the little profit that I was earning and it reached a point I was using the capital and this made the business to almost collapse. This was really affecting my children because they could be sent home for fees and I had nowhere to get the money. it really affected their academic performance. The remaining amount of money, I cleared school fees for my children. I am now a happy parent because they are studying without any disturbances.

The fact that I cleared school fees arrears for my son has made my life to be so different. This is because being a widow and jobless, it is not easy to raise the fees every term. I heard to struggle together with my elder daughter to make sure my son gets a good education. It reached a point he had lost hope and he wanted to drop out of school, but God is faithful. It is that very time when GiveDirectly came to my village. I was so excited because I knew God had answered my prayers and my son will continue learning. That's how it went, and after receiving the transfer I immediately cleared the huge fee balance. My son is now studying without any difficulties and this is giving me hope as a parent that his future is bright.

It was around 6 am when I was preparing myself for the daily house chores. Then I heard my phone ringing. I asked my daughter to check what the notification was all about. Upon checking, she realized it was an mpesa message from GIvedirectly, they had sent my first transfer as they had promised. I was so happy.

I spent part of my first transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in college. I then gave my daughter a portion of the money to boost her business since she is our breadwinner. We all depended on that retail shop business and it reached a time, we utilized all the capital. This lead to the closing down of the shop. During that period life was so tough. The coming of GiveDirectly has made the business to revive. The remaining amount of money, I bought sufficient foodstuff for my family and some other household items.