I depend on temporary casual labor of washing clothes at the nearby market center to support our basic needs like food. The goal that I have at the moment is to start a small cafeteria at our nearby market. This will be a reliable source of income for the family since the profit will support us to cater for our basic needs. Additionally, I would be glad to support my spouse in raising the kids.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in coming up with a cash transfer program in our village. Additionally, the cash being unconditional and non-refundable was such a nice idea. We had the opportunity to spend the transfer on what we choose to transform our living conditions. I am very grateful for being enrolled in the program. All the processes were open and fair, I do not see anything that did not go well.

Providing our children with a quality education has always been my heart's desire. I spent $150 of the recent transfer to clear their fee arrears for them since they had a huge fee balance that was forcing their education frequently be interrupted. Additionally, I used a bigger portion of the remaining amount to complete the construction of a two-roomed irony roofed house for the family. This was because we were residing in an old structure that was about to collapse. I was always worried that it may fall when there are strong winds something that was giving me sleepless nights. Lastly, I bought proper bedding for $110, earlier, I was sleeping on the floor with rugs that were uncomfortable. Currently, I am happy that we are enjoying the nights on modern and comfortable bedding.

I had just gotten back home from fetching water when I received a message. Since I don't know how to read, I told my daughter who was at home to check what the message was all about. She told me that I had received my first transfer and I was so happy that I was going to build a house and safe my family from a crumbling house.

I have never thought that I would build a house on my own and every rainy or windy season reminded me of how dangerous the house that I was living in was. Seeing my new semi-permanent house almost complete gives me hope to live another day. I couldn't have done this on my own and there is no greater joy than this. My children have also had easy time in school as they are nolonger being send home nearly everyday and this has helped them concentrate and improve on their studies.

My husband who is the sole provider of the family works as a casual labourer in construction sites. With the daily wages that he earns averaging to KES 300 per day and given that the jobs are not reliable, it hasn't been easy providing basic needs for our family and paying school fees for our three children. My children had been out of school for the better part of last term due to school fees arrears and the school head could not believe in me anymore because I had made several empty promises. Besides this, we were living in a very weak muddy house and I was living in fear that it will crumble one day and put the life of the my loved one in danger. When I was enrolled in program, my husband and I agreed that we would spend the transfers to build a better house and settle debts that we had. I spend KES 35000 to build a two rooms semi-permanent structure and I'm looking forward to do roofing once I receive my second transfer. I also spend KES 7000 to offset fees arrears and the balance to buy food and other basic necessities. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support.