I do not have any new goals at the moment. This is because we still have three children in school and hence we cannot think of making other developments since we are still struggling to get money for paying their school fees. We have one in college and two are in secondary school. We are farmers and we usually plant maize that we supply to our children's schools to act as payment of the school fees. We thus plan to continue with the same.

GiveDirectly changed the lives of many for the better in the community. Most people did not have access to clean rainwater but with the transfers, they were able to build new iron-roofed houses and collect water. We are thus so much thankful because we are almost at the same level of living standards as the rich. GiveDirectly staff also taught us well in the meeting that they held with the community. We got to learn more about GiveDirectly and their program. I hence do not see anything that went wrong.

We spent most of our recent transfer on buying a cow. We bought it at KES 45000. We had only managed to buy a calf with part of the money that we got in the first transfer because we still had other things to take care of. So, when we got the second transfer, we decided to buy a lactating cow so that we could have milk supply for our consumption and for sale. We plan to supply some of the milk to the schools where our children are studying and by doing so we get to pay for their school fees. We used to have one cow before that we had borrowed from someone. The milk that we used to get was little and it was only enough for our consumption. It has always been our wish to buy our own but we didn't have the money. We are thus so much grateful to GiveDirectly because they enabled us to achieve our dream and our standard of living has thus been uplifted. With the remaining transfer amount, we used it on buying the essential household items such as sugar.

I heard my neighbors celebrating that they have received money from GiveDirectly. Mine took quite some time, I slept while waiting and around 7 am the next day I called my son to check it for me. Actually there was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and grateful since I have never received such amount of money before. I immediately inform my family members and they were so happy too. I went to withdrew the money the same day and planned on how to spend it with my family. The first priority was to buy a dairy cow to cut the daily cost of buying milk which was so expensive.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me. I depend on casual jobs and small scale farming at home. This earns me a small income and I was not able to save so that I can buy the cow. I had other household needs and school fees for my children in various schools. When I received the transfer I felt so happy and decided to invest on buying a dairy cow. Currently I no longer stress up on where to get milk. I have save the money that I would have used to buy milk. My children are able to get enough milk unlike before. I sell the surplus milk at the shopping center to earn an income to pay part of the school fees for my children. I have piece of mind to conduct other activities without being stress up. I wish to improve this breed and in the next few years buy another cow. I am so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly all this could not have happened.

I spent KES 34,000 to purchase a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me because I do not have a continuous source of income. Currently I no longer stress up on where to get the money to buy milk. I paid school fees for my children in various schools. I have peace of mind now because my children are studying well without being sent home like before. The rest of the money I spent on food and clothes for my children. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard.