My wife and I are old and I do not have any children who depend on me financially. At my age, I cannot do any strenuous activities to earn an income and for this reason, I aim to make sure that we feed well as a family. I am happy that GiveDirectly has made this possible for us without struggling so much since I was able to purchase a dairy cow using my first transfer. Because of this, I currently earn some income through milk sales and I usually use this money in buying our basic needs.

In my own opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving out unconditional cash transfers to people. This is because one can achieve so many things like buying assets, building houses, and paying school fees for their children using this cash. I do not see anything that the organization does not do well.

Upon receiving my transfer, I spent KES 18000 to buy a water tank for water storage purposes. I will be using it to harvest rainwater so that my wife will not be going to the river during the dry season looking for water for domestic use. In addition, I spent KES 13000 to extend a room from my main house so that I can have a place for my visitors to spend their nights comfortably. Using the remaining KES 21000, I bought food, some household necessities, and clothes for my family.

It was around 2pm while relaxing outside my house just after lunch when I heard my kids jubilating because they had received the transfers. Shortly before that, I had heard a message alert but ignored it because I am illiterate. It was until my helper came to check my phone and confirmed that I had received the transfers too and I was very happy. We slept until the following day we went for the money from the nearest MoMo agent.

The biggest difference in my daily life is owning a dairy cow which I had desired since I lost two dairy to skin diseases in the past year. I am happy because my family can now drink milk. I am also happy because the transfers have enabled me to buy maize inputs hence relieving my kids this time around. I am also grateful because we can now afford to eat three meals a day contrary to before when we used to take a cup of sugarless tea for breakfas and a meagre meal for dinner.

I spent KES 42000 on a dairy cow because I lost the ones to severe skin diseases last year. Since then we have been buying two cups of milk at KES 30 per day. I also spent KES 6000 on maize farming in order ensure food security in the next harvest season because I normally depend on my kid's for farm inputs. I also spent KES 3600 on a sack of maize in order to sustain for a longer period because we normally eat from hand to mouth. I also spent KES 1900 on second hand clothes two shirts and two pairs of trousers.