I spent my third transfer on purchasing food for the family consumption and bought seats because I had old and outdated ones. I also bought a dairy cow to avoid using 25KES everyday to buy milk and spent most of the transfer on building a nice spacious house since the previous one was small.

My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I eat well without struggling soo much because I managed to purchase enough food in the house. I also live in a big clean house build using the third transfer unlike the previous one which was small.

In my opinion, what GiveDirectly did well was by sending unconditional cash transfers to the receipients without involving a second party.

I spent my second transfer on buying building materials (iron sheets,polls and sand) since I have a small house yet I have a very big family.I also bought a cow,a set of chairs,a table and payed school fees for my children.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that my blood pressure is now manageable because I have hope in life because of the money GiveDirectly gives me.

I received this my first transfer when my child was at home after being sent for school fees, I paid for him school fees with 4000 KES and we spent the remaining amount on a bag of corn since we never had food.

I am longing for a cow so that I may also milk, drink and sell the milk to get money and therefore I am planning to spend half of my upcoming second transfer on 2 cows and pay school fees for my son with the rest of the money since I perceive education as important as material investment.