At the moment, I have a new goal to venture into poultry farming. Even though I am not prepared for a large-scale venture, I believe starting small will be manageable and can keep improving with time. At the moment, I am making small savings from the small businesses I had been doing. I believe that the next step will be to construct a new house and later buy some chicken which will, in turn, improve the savings through the proceeds I will be getting from the selling of the eggs.

GiveDirectly honored all the promises they gave us during enrollment within the expected timelines. I was glad to receive the full amount within the stipulated time that allowed me to execute all the plans I had in place. The support was amazing since it gave us the flexibility of spending on projects of our choice. No one is complaining since the responsibility of ensuring the success of our projects depended on how an individual plans.

My neighbor gave me a piece of land and I paid for it with KES 30000 from the second transfer. I had a small piece of land and had been hoping to secure an additional piece of land within the village that can accommodate my family of three in the future. The dream came true when I made the last deposit with the second transfer. I also bought a heifer that is currently four months in calf. I already had a lactating cow but needed an additional breed that will increase milk production in the future. At the moment, I am running a tailoring shop and had to spend the remaining amount on buying more goods that have drastically increased the profit margin.

It was almost 5 pm and I was at the market which is my usual business place. I was about to close down for the day when suddenly my phone rang notifying me of a new message. I hurriedly opened the SMS to check the contents since I had heard other people saying that they had already received their transfers. I was hence eagerly waiting for it. I was very happy when I found out that indeed that was the SMS bearing the good news that I had also received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly as promised.

The biggest difference that the transfer has brought into my life is that my grocery business has improved having invested some money in it. I was able to buy more items for sale that I did not have before. I am thus making more profit than before. I am planning to save some of the money and use it on making other developments on the piece of land that I bought such as starting poultry keeping. I am thus happy and so much grateful to GiveDirectly for their support.

I spent KES 30000 of the recent transfer on buying a piece of land. I bought a point of an acre. I decided to buy it because I wanted somewhere that I could move to and settle and practice some farming. I am still living at home and it has always been my wish to have land of my own. I was not able to accomplish this before due to financial constraints and I am a single mother. I have my grocery business and I also usually sell some of the milk that I get from my cows to make a living. The money that I get from the sales is what I usually use in paying school fees for my child. I also spent KES 15000 of the transfer money on buying a calf. I decided to buy the calf as a remembrance of GiveDirectly. The calf is going to help me in the future when it calves since I will be able to get more milk for sale. With the remaining amount of money, I used it in boosting my grocery business where I bought more items for sale that I did not have before.