I went to college and did a course in plant operator but I've never gotten any job to take care of my family. Had I not received the transfer from Givedirectly I would still be worried so much on looking for a job. Right now I have a motorcycle that I use as a taxi. This is now a source of income for my family and I do not need to stress myself up anymore because I have employed myself. Without the transfer, I would not have also built a house that we are currently living in since initially, we stayed in one small house that was barely enough for us.

I loved that GiveDirectly gave us the freedom to make decisions and the freedom to use the money in whatever we saw fit to use. I also loved that the money was sent straight to our phones unlike in other cases where people are forced to go to banks and places to get the money. In my opinion, I do not see anything needs any improvement because everything was done well.

I spent some part of the second transfer that I received to buy a dairy cow for rearing. I initially had a young clalf that I was rearing and I would have had to wait for quite a long time before it calved. Therefore, when I received the second transfer, I topped up and bought a mature and expectant cow and I am glad that I will soon start reaping the benefits once it calves. I used the remaining amount of the transfer to build a house for my family.

Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I had bought a motorcycle though I was not in possession of it since I had not finished paying for it. Since I was able to clear the remaining balance using my transfers, my daily life has really changed as I now operate it and at the end of the day, I am able to save some money after buying our daily needs something I had never achieved before. With this, I know that paying my childrens school fees will no longer be a hard task to me all thanks to GD.

It was around 7.30 am when I was taking tea with my family when I received two messages. Upon reading them, it dawned to me that I had received the money GiveDirectly had promised us. At that instant, I became so happy and I informed my family about the good news that just came in. We then sang some praise songs and prayed to thank God for the blessings He had showered unto us.

I received my first transfers the time I had bought a motorbike but I still had an outstanding balance of 30000 KES hence I used part of it in paying the remaining balance. I have been buying milk on a daily basis and this is expensive. My family is sometimes forced to skip their breakfast when I do not have money to use in buying milk. This made me to use the remaining amount in buying a cow so that I would have my own milk.