I do not have any new goals as of now and I am very grateful for the ones that I was able to accomplish. One is the business that I revived and the sewing machine that I acquired. I believe I will be in a position to save the profits so that I can send all my children to higher institutions. This will be one way of changing their lives together with their generations.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well not only for my household but also for the entire village at large. Everyone was treated equally all through the enrolment process to the end of their stat in my region. Also, the staff did not discriminate against anyone despite their age or even tribe. I did not hear or see anything the organisation did not do well.

I spent KES 25000 of my second transfer on boosting the retail shop business that I have been operating in the village. Due to the financial problems that I was experiencing, I was sometimes forced to utilize the capital which lead to the collapse of the business. I am happy that I received the cash timely and managed to revive the business. I am now earning good profits that have enabled me to fend for my family without struggling like before. Also, I spent KES 18000 on buying a dairy cow from a friend. I had to settle for it since it will serve as a long-term investment that will enable me to achieve a lot. Additionally, I saved KES 5000 for my son so that once he transitions to high school I will be able to take cater of all his necessary items for him to be enrolled. I later bought a sewing machine because I am a tailor by profession unfortunately I had not been lucky enough to secure the machine. I now feel motivated and grateful because soon I will open a workshop. With the remaining cash, I bought food for my five family members.

It was some minutes to 7am while I was doing some house cleaning when I hear a message tone from my phone. Upon checking, I did not believe my eyes. It was the promised transfer of KES 55000.00 from GiveDirectly that had been sent. To me, it was like a miracle and I knelt down and prayed to thank God for connecting me with GiveDirectly.

Initially, my business was unstable due to lack of the most demanded items, but as of now, it has almost all the needed items after restocking it. I could not be able to do that if it were not for GiveDirectly. After my child completed his primary school level, I was worried on how I could take him to secondary school. But through the “miracle” from GiveDirectly, I feel relieved because I managed to set aside some money for him.

Upon withdrawing the money, the first thing I did was to add more stock to my business where I sell household items such as utensils, basins, buckets etc. In the stock addition I used KES 25000.00 so as to make the business reliable. Thereafter, I bought a cow for KES 18000.00. The reason for buying the cow is to reduce the expenses of buying milk for my family because I am certain that the cow will be providing milk once it gives birth. In terms of education, I saved KES 10000.00 for my child who will be joining form one in May 2022. Since my business has not picked so well, I saw it prudent to save for him so that I do not strain when the time reaches.