Initially things were bad, our living situation was not pleasing since my husband and I relied on making and selling charcoals, selling sisal as well as herding other people’s livestock for a living. This kind of business was full of challenges such as attacks by wild animals while in the forest cutting trees. But since the day I received your support life has changed positively. My elder sons are happy have their own houses, the ones who are in school are also happy since they are now full time students unlike before when they could stay at home for almost 3 weeks because of school fees. Thank you Give Direct for having a greater positive impact in my life and family. May God bless GiveDirectly.

GiveDirectly is very clean. It doesn’t have any faults whatsoever. In fact I would recommend then to come back if possible only that their terms and conditions don’t allow them as we were informed that after the second transfer, they will be moving to another needy village.

I am a mother of seven children. The elder 2 children dropped out of secondary school due to school fees and the other five are in primary school. On receiving the 2nd transfer, my husband and I agreed on constructing a house for our second born who is 19 years old because the 1st born had a house which we constructed using the 1st transfer. This decision came as a result of the hardship he has been undergoing in seeking accommodation from friends. As at now he can they are comfortable and happy in their own houses unlike before. We also took KES 6000 to pay school fee for the primary school children since two are in boarding school program.

I was preparing breakfast for my children when I heard my phone ringing. Since I am illiterate I asked one of my children to check the co9ntnet of the message notification. Upon checking, he realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I had finally received my first transfer as promised. I felt so happy because I was certain I will achieve a lot through the money.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the t4asfer, I was able to acquire a dairy cow which I am currently keeping in my homestead. This is what I have been yearning to own for years but becasue of financial constraints I can not afford it. I used to depend on odd jobs with meager income and fending for my family was even a challenge, therefore purchasing a cow using my own cash was not possible at all. How the dream is now accomplished and I am optimistic that in few months to come I will be getting plenty of liters of milk which will be for my family consumption and the remaining liters for commercial purposes. The money that I will be getting from this business will empower me to provide for my family without straining. Also as time goes by, the cows will multiply which means I will be able to accomplish all my dreams rapidly.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying livestock which includes a dairy cow at a total of KES 15 000. This will now serve as the living asset that I will lean on as my security Also I bought some building materials such as iron sheets, building poles, nails, and timber. This was for the construction of a new house specifically for my children who used to seek shelter gorm their friends. In addition, I paid school fees for my four children who are in primary schools. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough food for my family