I have spent my previous transfers in paying for land that I wanted to have. The land goes for KSH 40000 and it is next to the road. Its good positioning is ideal in building a shop where I will start my business of selling unique items. I plan on selling Maize flour, sugar, tea leaves stationary and other items. When I received my recent transfer, I also spent it in clearing the remaining debt I have on the piece of land. The remaining balance to be cleared after off the KSH 3000 is 4000, which I intend to clear once I receive my next transfer. I am currently jobless and the land is the only hope of ensuring that I will have a place to start my business and provide for my family.

I had a retail shop but I had to close it down because I could not afford to restock it since it was my only source of income. When I received my first transfer I revived the business and added more stock (cereals and fish) with the second transfer. I am glad the business is picking well and it can sustain itself. The additional income from Give Directly has made it easier in meeting my family's needs hence I do not rely on the business only. The third transfer I spent on both foodstuffs for my family and my clothing during the Christmas season.

The funds have created sustainability especially in the financial aspect because apart from my one child, I also play a father figure role to my three nephews since they became my responsibility after the passing of their mother who was my sister, and at times providing for them was very difficult but with the funds I got to keep my business flourishing and in turn help in raising and growing my family with no difficulty as compared to before.

GiveDirectly has enabled me to have a stable way of earning income through helping me grow my business because prior to even having the shop I would do manual work here and there which including farming for people and masonry too but these jobs were never permanent and so it put a strain on my finances occasionally.

Before ever receiving any of the transfers I used to be employed a store where they sold items in wholesale, but due to the reluctance of the storekeeper in giving me a raise since I was good at the job I decided to quit and just a month before the transfer I opened my own store where I sold different items including sugar, maize flour, beans and even laundry detergent. Well after receiving the second transfers I went ahead to add more stock to my shop and I bought three bags of maize flour where each bag contained a dozen packets and it went for KES 3,000.

The message arrived quite early at around eight in the morning, before I had left to go tend to my shop and I honestly got very excited because now my business would continue without any hitch because prior to receiving the money some things were getting done and so this meant I could get more stuff and immediately I decided to head to the market instead and purchase some few items.

The growth of my business is one of the biggest differences that occurred, because I managed to add more items to my list and this consequently brought more customers, and since the shop was my source of earn a daily living I was at least able to provide for my family with no worries at the back of my mind.

I happen to own a shop back in the village where I sell a variety a variety of stuff and so when I received the transfers the first intended on doing was restocking more items in my shop since most thins in my shop were almost depleted and this would in turn be more inviting to my customers. I went ahead and bought vegetables worth KES 300, I also added sardines worth KES 500 and four packets of maize flour that cost me about KES 400