At the moment, I have no additional goal but I am grateful for the far that the transfers transformed my household. I was able to initiate and run a lot of projects within a very short time that included the purchase of livestock, clearing of school fees for my children, and construction of a decent spacious house for my family. I am glad that my children are enjoying ample study time, a healthy meal at home, and at least earning some income from the livestock products I had been selling.

GiveDirectly's visit to our village was the best thing that has ever happened to us. The cash transfer approach appeared to be the best as everyone embraced and ensured that they transformed their livelihood within a span of three months. With the freedom to spend in whatever suits any household, every household ensured that they fixed the struggles they had been undergoing. This also brought the village outlook to the same level as those who never had a house constructed one, those who had been buying milk got a chance to buy a dairy cow, and almost everyone ensured improved farming as well. I appreciate the whole approach and have nothing to question as I understood every step from the first day GiveDirectly set its foot in the village.

I had purchased all the fencing poles I needed when I received the second transfer. I had been hoping to fence all around my piece of land and make some partitions on the grazing fields for my livestock for easy restraining and rotational grazing. I purchased two rolls of barbed wire each at KES 7000 and managed to put up a strong fence that I hope will last for many years to come. I also needed a store to reduce the huge piles of languages that were filling up the space in my living room and had to purchase iron sheets, building poles, and also hired a builder who did a great job at a cumulative cost of KES 16000. I spent KES 10000 out of the remaining amount on purchasing a calf that I am currently rearing with high hopes that it will serve my family in school fees payment for my children through milk production and even selling off the offspring. My children got a chance to spend the remaining amount on clothing and other personal needs that me them excited and grateful to GiveDirectly for the generous support that we received.

As a subsistence farmer, I had gone to the farm earlier to weed my maize plantation and when I came back, I decided to check my phone and to my surprise, I saw that I had received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I became so so excited and immediately prepared myself so that I would go and withdraw the cash so that I would accomplish my goals.

Being able to concentrate on my farming practices without any disturbances is so far the biggest difference in my daily life as a subsistence farmer. This has been possible because I was able to fence my compound using part of the transfer and this has enabled me to do other activities like working on my farm for a long time without worrying that other people's livestock can destroy things in my compound. Because of this, I am hoping for increased productivity that will last us till the next harvesting season and I am so happy about it.

On receiving my transfer, I spent KES 9000 to clear fee arrears for my children to avoid them being sent back home. Also, I used KES 6600 to buy a barbed wire to use in fencing my compound, KES 4000 to buy one sack of maize for our consumption and saved KES 20000 so that I will add it with my second transfer and use it to achieve my goal of building a more spacious house for my family. In addition to this, I spent KES 12000 to buy some building materials to use in building a house for my children. I settled on this so that they would be having enough time to study in the evening as they will not be walking for a long-distance going to sleep.