In the past, I was practicing poultry keeping but I had to stop when a strange disease invaded my farm and killed all the chicken. I therefore have plans of starting the poultry project once again. How I plan to do this is that I will save up from my small business enough to buy an icubator worth KES 50000 that can hatch up to 50 chicken at a go. This is a project that is so desr to me and that which will help me pay school fees much more easily in the near future as well as meet other family needs that may come up. I am a mother of two and my desire is to see that my children get the best education possible.

In my opinion GiveDirectly did so well in giving us money without giving conditions on how the money could be spent. This gave everyone an opportunity to invest the money in things that they thought were best for them and everyone was happy and contented about the way they spent the money.

I used KES 25000 to build a new house and used the remaining amount to improve my second hand clothes business and top buy food for my family. The house that we have been living in was so small and I felt the need of expanding it to be more spacious and give us the much needed comfort. My business had also deterioated and I had to inject capital that helped me increase my stock and thus improve the level of income and profits made. We are so grateful for everything that GiveDirectly has enabled us to do.

The moment I received my transfer, I was preparing to step out to shop when I heard my phone ringing and vibrating loudly, Upon checking I saw a Mpesa notification message showing that I had received money from GiveDirectly, I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness, I knew that I will be able to purchase a water tank, words cannot express how happy I was, I am grateful to have received the support from GiveDirectly.

I am so relieved and happy that I was able to purchase a water tank with the transfer that I received, I no longer worry about going to the stream very early in the morning or very late at night, in addition to that I now own a dairy cow, which in future I would be able to earn an extra income by selling milk. I was also able to put up building materials for that I would be able to start building a house once my transfer is in. I am so grateful for the support that brought so much happiness to my life.

Fetching water from the stream daily is so tedious, I am a busy businesswoman in the village, a time I close my work very late at night, therefore I bought a water tank worth KES 28,000, I then bought a dairy cow worth KES 13,000 so that I would be able to cut down on the cost of buying milk daily, then lastly bought building material so that I would be able to construct a house once I receive my second transfer. I am grateful for the support that lifted my living standards.