My new goal is to be able to start a small business that will supplement income from farming. We have been entirely relying on farming of horticultural crops to make income and support our family's needs but sometimes we end up being disappointed and making losses especially due to harsh weather conditions that lowers farm produce. This has prompted us to think about coming up with a business and we are planning to open a good joint in a nearby centre. Currently I have some horticultural crops in my farm and I am optimistic that I will be able to make a harvest that will enable me and my family start this business soon enough. The joint shall also open an an opportunity for us to do value addition to our farm produce and make more income from it. The long term goal is to raise more money that will see us pay school fees comfortably for our four children and accord them all the neccesary support to pursue their education unhindered by anything.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well in the way they do the enrollment of people into the program. They were so kind and humble and so keen to ensure that whatever information they were passing across then each person understood them very well. This to me was a great service and I felt appreciated and happy. Moreover, these officers were very keen not to leave anyone unattended to.

I used KES 35000 to buy a dairy cow and used another KES 20000 to pay school fees for my two twin children who just joined secondary school recently. Had I not received money from GiveDirectly then we would have been dealt a blow because the farm produce that we normally rely on to meet such expenses had done very poorly due to unfavourable weather conditions then. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly that they came to my rescue and has given me an opportunity to prepare well even for the other two children who are soon joining secondary school as well. My wife and I have been relying entirely on farming to make ends meet but we have plans already to make sure that we have an alternative source of income through business.

I was at the farm planting tomatoes, that was when I heard my phone ringing, upon checking my phone, I realized that I had received the promised transfer from GiveDirectly, I was overwhelmed with joy, I never shared the good news with anyone at the moment instead I rushed home to inform my wife who was equally happy and excited, I knew that I would be able to accomplish the goal of owning a dairy cow.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer buy milk daily, this is because I now own a dairy cow which I was unable to buy all these years due to financial constraints, Secondly, we are sleeping in decent beddings just like a king would feel, our beddings were worn out before, but unfortunately, we had no money of replacing them, I am grateful for the support that has lifted our lives and our living standard as a whole.

My wife and I are consistent farmers in the Village, We specialize in tomatoes and onion farming, though these crops are seasonal, together we are blessed with four children. Upon receiving my transfer we thought of purchasing a dairy cow so that we would cut down the cost of milk daily, this is because a litre sells at KES 50, yet one little is not enough for our daily consumption, therefore we bought a cow worth KES 35,000, I then replayed the household items like my beddings which were worn out with new one's where used KES 6400, lastly, I used KES 5000 in buying seed and manure. I am so happy to have accomplished so much within a short time.