I will be investing. Because there aren't many vegetables in our village, after conducting some study, I decided to open a grocery store. I intend to borrow some cash through a merry-go-round investment where friends pool their resources to reach this goal. An individual may borrow money from this merry-go-round and repay it with interest calculated at 10% of the total borrowed amount.

I believe that GiveDirectly is a great organization because they help those in need financially. Nobody could have predicted how drastically this money has changed people's lives in my neighborhood. Due to the transfers, I now possess livestock. Now things have started to get difficult again, my sole wish is for the money transfers to return.

By the time I received the first transfer, I had already planned on building a new spacious house because the one I had was very small and on the verge of collapsing. Therefore, I entrusted my son to take charge of purchasing the building materials as well as supervising the construction. Due to that, I cannot give an account of how much I spent on the house but I am happy because he did as per my expectations and I have a nice house. Having settled that, I used the remaining amount in buying food. Hunger was a challenging factor since we have been without rain for the last three farming seasons.

Early in the morning when I woke up, I saw a message box on the screen of my phone. I took my time in bed but when I walked out, I called one of my grandchildren to check for me what the message box contained. Upon checking, he confirmed to me that I had received the GiveDirectly transfer, this made me feel so happy and I ululated inwardly. The ululation was a result of getting a huge amount at once at a time I was not expecting because I had forgotten the time and date we had been told.

Before plastering the house, it was on the verge of collapsing because some poles had been destroyed by termites. As of now, I am grateful because the house is back to stability after GiveDirectly enabled me to do the plastering by the transfer they sent. If it were not for GiveDirectly I would not have plastered my house and I think it would have collapsed by now because of the rains.

When I withdrew the money, I opted to make my house more durable because it was a madhouse. I bought 15 bags of cement for KES 9750.00 and 2 trips of building sand for KES 8000.00. The aim of buying these materials was to plaster my house which I did. I am happy that I now have a stable house. Thereafter, I opted to keep the remaining amount for the family upkeep, and in case of anything arising then I will be having some cash to handle it.