My life is currently different from how it would have been had I not received the transfers because my first transfers enabled me to clear hospital bill for my spouse and do all the burial arrangements without selling the only piece of land that I had inherited from my parents since that was the only option that I had. Also, I was able to clear school fee arrears for my children without much difficulty thus enabling me to have enough time to look for next years school fees.

Gd did their work effectively in our village. The money that we received helped us to develop ourselves in different ways and I do see anything that they did not do well.

I spent KES 25000 from my second transfers to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home. Also, I bought them school uniforms to replace the old ones that they had. As a way of investing this money, I spent 14000 to buy some sheep. I will be selling the offsprings and use the money to pay school fees for my children and in case of any financial crisis.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought ten goats. I had some few goats and It had been my wish to add more but I did not have money to do it. I used to do casual jobs in the village and the amount of money that I got through this could only gather for the basic needs of the family. I also do horticulture farming and I take the produce to school to gather for the school fees for my children in secondary school. Most of the time I could not get an extra income to invest in livestock because food and school fees could take all the money. When I received money from GiveDirectly I was so happy since I knew that my dream of investing in livestock had arrived. I am so happy because I have them now. I have hope that in the near future they will have reproduced and I will sell them to buy a dairy cow. This will be a source of income because I will be getting milk for both household consumption and to sell at the center near home for more income.

I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard an incoming message on my phone. When I checked it I could not believe my eyes because I had never received such amount of my money before in my life. My spouse had passed on that week and we were still planning for the funeral. My family was so happy to have gotten a handy hand at the most difficult time of our life since we knew that the funeral arrangement will be easy because we had money to buy food for the visitors and to pay hospital bills.

My spouse had not been feeling well and had been admitted in the hospital and Unfortunately, she passed on. I used part of the transfer to settle her hospital bill without much struggle and on her funeral. l used a portion to pay fees for my three sons in secondary school. I spent part of it on my household basic and other daily needs. I also bought ten goats to add to my family assets and the rest of the money I used it to buy building materials in readiness of renovating my house to look smart.