I have a big piece of land that I always cultivate but it had been more costly for me since I always hire livestock(cows)from a friend at a higher fee to help me with the land cultivation. But in the next one year, I would want to have my own two cows to help me with the cultivation work and one dairy cow as well believing that the profits I would be getting from selling the milk would be of great help in terms of fending for my family. And to achieve this, I would continue saving part of my monthly transfers to a certain amount that would be enough for the purchase of the livestock

I received the transfers at a time when I was financially straining. I had two of my children in school who needed school fees and getting money for food was also a challenge. Upon receiving the transfers, I bought food worth $14 and, managed to pay $10 for school fees and deposited $10 to my savings account to help me with my future project and I currently feel a bit of relief.

I am married with four children. The support program has enabled me to open a small shop within my village but hardly get enough to sustain my family of six members. I have spent most of my cash transfers on food and school fees. Recently, I joined a savings group that takes up $10 of the cash transfers, leaving me with $20 for any other expenses. Drought has affected this village and food is a major challenge. I spent $12 to buy food, which would last for a week, and the remaining balance of $8 was used to settle the school fees arrears for my child.

Nourishment has been one of the biggest concerns for me and my family especially due to persistent drought. Meanwhile the cost of living has gone extremely high which makes things even more tough for me and my family. Therefore when I received the transfers I went ahead to purchase four packets of maize flour which cost me KES 1,000. I also happen to own a store so I used KES 1,040 from the transfers I had to add more more stock to my store so I purchased sugar, tea leaves, maize flour just to mention a few. Afterwards I used KES 800 to pay a debt in tuition fee since my child had been kicked out of school two days prior to receiving the funds. I am still left with about KES 160 which I have yet put to use.

GiveDirectly is doing well because through this funds,so many of us have achieved our small goals and changed our lifestyle. In my village I can attest that some have started small business which is an empowerment to meeting our basic needs like having atleast a decent meal once in a day and educating our children. I have not seen anything that this organisation is doing wrongly.

I have been in business for more than two years ,I own a grocery shop .Recently when I received the cash transfer I used the whole amount to buy more stock .I bought tealeaves,sugar and maize flour in wholesale because those are the commodities that are high in demand and I almost ran out of stock which is not good for business.

I was sitting outside my shop waiting for customers when I received the message confirming the received of the transfers from give directly. I had placed an order of KES8780 for some items but I only had KES8280. So, my plan was to sell more products so I may get the KES500. This plan was changed since I had the money. I immediately topped it up with what I had and got the goods I ordered for. The remaining amount helped with the purchases of some nourishment for my family. I felt relieved

The biggest difference I have witnessed in my life from the funds I received is that my business is now operating smoothly and my wife, who is still in maternity, can feed well.

In January 17th, my wife put to bed a set of twins, making me a father of four girls. One of my children is in kindergarten the others are yet to start school. My job as a shopkeeper hasn't been bringing in much. So, at the time I had some financial constraints and providing for my family was a challenge. My wife, who was on maternity, also had special needs. Therefore, when I received the funds from give directly, I used KES700 for food purchases and KES500 to top up the amount I had so I could purchase more stock for my shop.