I am happy that I can easily earn an average of $5 to $10 daily. As a result, supporting my family's food needs and my children's education is not difficult, unlike before. In the next year, I intend to launch a new business. It will enable me to witness the level of m family income steadily increasing. In the coming year, I hope to achieve this objective. The company will deal with the sale of both second-hand and ready-made clothing. Because of this, my wife will always have work to do, and we can help support the family together.

GiveDirectly, in my opinion, does good work of reducing poverty and enhancing the quality of life in the community where it works. It ensures every household is visited and enrolled in the program without discrimination. As a result, my way of life has changed for the better. I am happy to run a motor taxi business courtesy of the GD transfer. The GiveDIrectly processes are all transparent and easy to understand. Because of this, I have not seen anything that GiveDirectly does poorly.

I had poor bedding and, regrettably, no money to purchase a mattress and other bedding. I was previously sleeping on a tiny, two-and-a-half-inch mattress, which was very uncomfortable. Because I have never had a bed, I could just spread it out on the floor. I bought a mattress and a bed with a portion of my second transfer ($128 total). I also made a down payment of $150 to purchase a second-hand motorcycle. I can consistently make $5 to $10 per day from it. I used to be over-reliant on part-time jobs that barely paid $5 per day. Last but not least, I spent $70 on maize flour, which enabled us to have enough food for more than a month. As a family, we are indebted to GiveDirectly.

I was just relaxing with my family after a busy day when I saw a message notification on my phone. At first, I thought it was from a colleague since I was waiting to hear from him as we had agreed earlier. Upon reading, I was so surprised to learn that it was from GiveDirectly, informing me that I heard received my cash transfers. I felt so happy for I was certain that I would soon build a decent house.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that soon I will be shifting to my new modern spacious house. This is going to be a relief to my family because the initial house that we have been sheltering in was very small with an old roof. During the winter season, it was so frustrating because we had to seek shelter from relatives till the rainy seasons stop. This could even stress me more as the head of the family and the breadwinner. The little cash I could earn was only for my family's daily meals and sometimes we could skip some meals. This is evident that it would take years for me to build a decent house using my cash. This means the suffering would continue. The coming of GiveDirectly has for sure restored my joy and hope in life. I never thought this would happen anytime soon and it still feels like a dream to us.

I spent part of my first cash transfer on buying building poles at KES 25000, threads, nails and labour charges of KES 7000. This was for the construction of a new house because the previous one was very small and it was even about to collapse due to its condition. I was so worried that I would be homeless. Also, I bought a new mattress at KES 4000 to replace the old one which had worn out. I also saved KES 5000 which would help us serve for any emergency that might arise. With the remaining cash, I bought foodstuffs for my family.