No. I do not have any new additional goals that I did not have before receiving the transfers. One of my initial goals was to start up a poultry project. Since I have 3 children in college and 2 in secondary school, I ended up spending a bigger portion of my transfers on their school fees. The KES 20000 that I had left could only afford 15 chickens. I am, therefore, planning to raise more money so that I can expand my poultry project. Poultry reproduces faster to multiple young ones and if well taken care of then they can be highly profitable. The income from the project will be a huge boost in paying for my children's school fees.

In my opinion, Give Directly is doing well by helping the low-income earners without any strings attached. Most people have improved their lives in various ways without having to worry about how to refund the money. For instance, those who did not have houses now have a roof over their head likewise, those who were not able to pay for school fees for their children now have their children back in school.

I have three children in college and two in secondary school. Raising their school fees has been challenging since the income I earn from farming can not afford their school fees. This left them with huge school fees balances and in most cases, they would be sent back home for school fees. When I received the second transfer, I used KES 23000 to clear the fee balance that they owed the school. I am glad about the first and second transfer because I was able to clear all the school fees balance for this year. they now have ample time for their studies and I believe they will improve in their class performance. Besides that, I am a small-scale farmer and I do not earn much from the farm produce. I, therefore, started a chicken rearing project at a cost of KES 20000. This catered for both the poultry and poultry house. My target is at least 100 chickens, unfortunately, I could only afford 15 of them, but I am working towards achieving 100 chickens by mid this year. The income from them will be a huge boost especially when it comes to paying for my children's school fees. A smaller portion of the money (KES 10000) I spent on both foodstuffs and clothes for my children so that they could replace the torn clothes that they had.

It was around 9 a.m. when I received a message from GiveDirectly confirming the receipt of my first transfer. With great excitement, I had to inform my husband instantly as I could not withdraw without a plan. At that moment, my second-born child - currently in the university - had called asking for the school fees. He needed a total of KES48000 to be allowed to sit for the examinations. This was quite a stress for us before we received the support but the early morning text relieved me of that headache as it was an answer to our prayers.

The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the transfer is the complete payment of school fees for my son. It has been extremely hard raising school fees for the other children and the elder son's school fees was a climax to our struggles since we had exhausted all the possibilities of enabling him to keep going in school. I am so much at ease at the moment, and thanking God for seeing us through the struggle.

Upon receiving the transfer message that filled every household member with joy, we had to first address the pressing need. At the top of our list was school fees payment for one out of the three sons in college. Currently, 7 children in our family are in school, and paying for their school fees has been a challenge to us especially now that we don't have a stable source of income. The small businesses I had been doing and the casual labor my husband is doing at the moment have been giving us less than KES10000 per month. After an agreement with my husband, I forwarded the money to him where he deposited KES48000 to the school account and came home with the receipt, we later sent to school with the additional KES2000 for my son's upkeep. With the remaining amount, we saw it good to refill our food baskets, as we had been buying maize in small quantities but this time obtained a full sack at KES3600 and used the remaining in buying other household goods. I am glad that we received this money when we needed it the most. My son also appreciated the support so much as it gave him a chance to sit for the exams that he was almost losing hope on.