I do not have any new goals. I just wish to focus on my horticulture farming save some money from the sales of vegetables and meet the basic needs of my family.

Most people use to live in grass-thatched houses but GiveDirectly transfer has changed their living status. They now own better and decent houses and they are living comfortably with their family. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.

I lived on a small piece of land and I had always wished to own a much bigger land to do horticulture farming. This was not possible because I did not have the money to buy land. I rely on casual jobs in the village. The amount of money that I would get was so small and I was not in a position to buy land. The money was only for basic household needs. Currently, I have land and I am so grateful. I no longer buy vegetables but rather sell them. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled me to achieve my dream. I have devoted much of my time to farming and I wish to make this one of my main sources of income. The rest of the money I spent on food, clothes and other household items that we were missing at home. Were it not GiveDirectly all this could have taken quite some time to achieve it.

It was very early in the morning when we had just woken up and we were having tea when I heard my phone ring. I checked the content of the message and I was amazed that I had finally received a sum of KES 55000 as earlier promised by GiveDirectly staff. The amount of joy that filled me at that moment was immeasurable. I quickly left my home to go check on my neighbours and whether they too had received the money. On my way to their place, I met one of my in laws coming to my house too and she was so eager to share the good news with me. We were all in a celebration mood and within the next few days we had withdrawn the money since we were in constant fear of falling victims to sim swappers who could take our money away.

The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving payments is that I am more happy than I have ever been in my life. I never thought my dream of building a better house would come true anytime soon and I am so grateful that it is finally going to be actualized. I do not take it for granted that I am finally going to have a bigger and better house for my family. The money that I have been receiving from my Mpesa shop business is way to little and hardly enough to even put food on the table for my family. I could only hope against hope that maybe one day I will be able to build a new house for my family and now the dream is almost being fulfilled courtesy of GiveDirectly funds.

I used 8000 to buy school uniforms and pay school fees for my child who is in an academy near my home, another KES 3000 to buy food and another KES 8000 to clear some debts owed to me by a friend. The remaining amount was used to buy building materials as I get ready to building a new house for my family. For a long time we have been living in one house that served both as a kitchen and main house and in as much as I had the desire to build a new house, I really did not have the ability to do it since I had children to feed and pay their school fees and the amount of money that I got from my Mpesa business was hardly enough to feed my family. I am a single mother too and everything depends on me for a smooth running of my family's affairs. I am happy and count myself very lucky to be part of this program and I do not take this for granted. I am looking forward to receiving the second payment before I can start construction of my new house with it. I already have enough timber and enough iron sheets and it is all systems go. This is a dream come true for me to say the least.