Even though I had been able to purchase a piece of land after receiving the first and the second transfer, I still feel the urge of initiating another saving plan towards my new goal of adding another piece for my family of nine. This will be instrumental in increasing farm productivity that will, in turn, raise enough resources for my children.

I am happy with the great transformation that I am currently seeing after the receipt of the transfer. Many invested their money on all they needed when they were given the transfers and I am glad that I also got a chance to spend on all that I had needed most. In my opinion, GiveDirectly is doing a great job, and I would encourage them to keep doing their best in other villages that they are yet to visit.

After receiving the first transfer, I am glad that I was able to do all I had planned. The second transfer too marked the climax in that the small amount I had saved added to the receipt transfers facilitated the purchase of a fifth of an acre at KES 70000. For a long time, I had been living on a small piece of land that could not allow any diversified venture in farming. My strive to lease a piece of land that would have been the source of an additional income has never been easy since my attention has been torn between investing in farming and the provision of the daily meal. At the moment, I feel relieved in that at the onset of rains and the planting season, I will be one of those who will be getting down to the investment in subsistence farming.

The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember it was around 9am. When I heard a ringtone message from my phone. I was dong my daily cause jobs. I decided to check it out. I could not believe my eyes, it was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and stopped whatever I was doing and rushed home. I inform my family members and they celebrated with lots of joy. I knew I would be able to buy a dairy cow. I went and withdrew the money the same day.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought two heifers. I buy milk everyday and it's so costly for me. I spent KES 80 ans above per day. This is so expensive since I do not have a continuous source of income. I depend on casual jobs in the village. The amount of money that I get through this casual jobs is so small. It's only for basic household needs including paying school fees for our children. I had always wished to own a dairy cow. Currently I have two heifers and it has given me hope to work even harder. I know in the next few months I will cut this cost. I will sell the extra milk to earn an income. I have devoted much of my time nowdays to look after my cows.

I spent KES 37,000 to purchased who heifers. I will get enough milk for my family when it reproduced in the next few months. I will cut the daily cost of buying milk daily which is so expensive. I bought a goat as an investment. Goats reproduce twice per year and it really helps whenever there is an emergency. I bought clothes, bedding table and one sack of maize. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard.