Peoples living standards have greatly improved as they are now able to plan themselves accordingly with the unconditional transfers received. Projects are being completed and lives are being bettered all thanks to GiveDirectly. More to that, we hope that the transfers can be increased if possible.

The pay that comes with being a motorcycle taxi driver is not that much, especially when most of the income is spent on servicing the motorbike loan that I use which has only two months left to clear. I am married to my lovely wife who sells vegetables at her local kiosk and together we have four children who are in school. The KES 3000 received played a major role, as I was able to buy food worth KES 2000 for my family to last us for a period of three weeks since what we previously had was finished. Our children needed some necessities for school purposes, thus I bought them books at KES 300 and school shoes worth KES 700 enabling them to comfortably attend school when they reopen.

I was at home early in the morning, so broke, waiting if I could be lucky to get a call from any of the customers who needed motorcycle taxi services. At the same time, I was wondering how I was going to raise some money for my family's meals when a message streamed on my phone. At first, I thought it was a client requesting me to call back and to my surprise, I had received the cash transfers. This was the happiest moment of my life. I, immediately left for the shop to get breakfast for my family.

I have only received my first transfer which assisted me mostly with the foodstuffs for my family. The current economy is tough coupled with the drought we have been facing. Raising money for the most basic needs like food for my family has been a challenge because I only earn KES 300 from the motorcycle taxi I am assigned to work in. I am glad the money came in handy to sort the foodstuffs for my family. I am also hopeful that the chicken I bought for rearing will be of great help in the future. Once it starts laying then we shall not only be assured of more chicken but some of the eggs will be consumed by my family.

Food security has been a challenge in our household. I am the main income earner and the KES 300 I earn from a motorcycle taxi is not enough to meet most of my household's needs. In most cases, I would borrow foodstuffs from a local shop and pay in installments whenever I got some money. At the time when I received the first transfer, I owed the shopkeeper KES 500 which I cleared with part of the money. KES 500 I spent on a chicken for rearing so that I could add to the few I had. They are good investments because they are easy to manage in terms of feeds. The remaining KES 2000 I spent on most of the dry foodstuffs which is enough to push my family for quite some time. We are currently facing drought which has led to the rise in the cost of food and the transfers were a life savior.