My life is currently different than how it would have been had I never received the transfer since I have been able to build a decent house for my children. Before, they were sleeping in an old dilapidated house with leaking roof and weak walls. I was always afraid that it would collapse any time and cause some injuries on my children. Building this house for them has minimized my worries especially during this rainy season because I know that my children are always safe.

GiveDirectly did well by giving us unconditional cash transfers and I do not see anything that they did not do well.

When I received my second transfer, I spent part of it to buy a dairy cow worth 27000. When it reproduces, my family will have milk for our consumption and for sake to earn an income. Also, I spent some amount to build a house for my sons. The one they had been living in was was old and its roof had started leaking. I spent the remaining amount to buy food for my family to last us for some time.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a motorcycle. I operate a retail shop and stock transport had been a big challenge for me. I have a passion for the business thus I always struggled to keep it growing so that I could earn better income from. Even though my family needs is overwhelming that could require a lot from my business profits, I saw the high cost of stock transport as a major threat. I felt that I could have expanded the business if it was not for the transport cost. I took an initiative to save some little money with a plan to buy a motorcycle since I couldn't afford it at once. When I received the money from GiveDirectly I felt so happy because I knew this was the moment I had been waiting for, I took part of it to add to my savings and used it to buy a second-hand motorcycle from a friend. I am so happy that my current low cost of transport has greatly increased my profits. I currently enjoy effective and efficient transport thus have humble time to operate my business. My shop has grown I have many customers and the profits are much higher profits.

I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard an incoming message on my phone. When I checked, it was a message from GiveDirectly confirming that I had received a sum of 55000 KES. I felt so happy since I knew I would be able to buy a motorcycle to help me in my business. My family was so happy too because we had never received such an amount of money before.

I am a business person and among the challenges I had operating my business is the high cost of stock transport. I took a portion of my first transfer to add to my savings and used it to add stock to business and to buy a motorcycle. I use it as a mean of transport and I am happy It has greatly reduced my cost of transport. I spent the remaining amount to buy food for my family to add to what we had.