My new goal is to start a goat rearing an alternative source of livelihood for my family. This is because the charcoal vending job which I am currently depending on is not sustainable to support my kid's educational needs.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in coming up with the cash transfer program in our village which has boosted the lives of most households. In addition, the enrollment stages were done well and all the eligible households were enrolled. Furthermore, the training that we had enlightened us.

I spent most of my second transfer on my 2 kids' educational needs, one is in college and the other is in class 8 about to join secondary school. I used KES 15,000 to clear the fee arrears for the one in college. Similarly, I also saved KES 20,000 for the other kid who is about to join secondary school. This is because I do not have any savings to support his education. With the remaining amount, I bought enough food shock for the family since we are experiencing drought and famine in our area.

I was awakened by the loud vibration at around 7 in the morning and since I am illiterate I decide to ask one of my daughters to check who it could be. On checking, she confirmed that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly, they had finally debuted my first KES 55000 as promised earlier during the enrolment period. At first, I thought my daughter was kidding but after my elder son confirmed the same I was happier. I knew that all my financial problems shall come to an end. I had to call all my family members and formed them about the splendid news and they also couldn't hold their joy as well.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the transfers, I was able to send my five children to school and cleared their huge fee balances after staying home for weeks. This has been demotivating them for a long because as their parent, I never had any asset that I could sell out so that I could get school fees, they were so hopeless. I was afraid they would all drop out and that would forever haunt me as their parent. I have been depending on the odd jobs to fend for my ten family members and the little I could earn could not cater for all the household expenses and their fees. The coming of Giving directly in my life changed the whole story because I managed to send them back to school and they are continuing with their studies which have been my dream. The money came in good time because they were about to sit for their exams and I was so certain they would miss it. I will forever be thankful for this GiveDirectly because my children will have a brighter future together with their generations.

I spent a huge fraction of my first transfers on buying some building materials which include twenty-two pieces of iron sheets KES 21150, the building poles KES 11000, nails, timber, and labor charge of KES 5000. I aimed to construct a new house because the previous one had a leaky roof and whenever it could rain it was so hectic because we had to seek shelter from neighbors. This used to be so stressful because, with my ten family members, it was sometimes not possible for one to accommodate us all. To add to this, I cleared school fees of KES 10000 for my five children who are studying in the neighboring village. They have been on and off due to the huge school fees arrears and which used to demotivate them for all those years. Also, with the remaining amount of money, I am using it to buy enough foodstuffs for my family and other household items that I am lacking.