Yes, I am planning to invest more in group savings this year. This will help with the payment of high school fees for my three kids who are clearing their primary school this year come next year.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well to give us aid in monetary form. Secondly, they do well to advise us on how to spend the cash. This is evident in my village from the modern Iron roofed and well-furnished houses which have replaced the initial grass-thatched houses. Additionally, those who couldn't afford school have paid with the transfers, and those who didn't own dairy cows now have.

Upon the arrival of my second transfer, my priority was a heifer whose market value at the time was KES 20,000. This will not only be a source of milk for my family but also school fees for my kids once it reproduces. Earlier on, I had only two dairy cows but with the additional heifer, there will be an increase in milk production. Secondly, because my farm has a lot of bushes, shrubs and caves I thought it is wise to buy three goats at a total cost of KES 13,000. This will make them thrive well and this will be a good source of income for my family too. Thirdly, two sofa set seaters were bought at KES 8,000. These are now key in making my family and visitors feel at home away from home. This was not true before because I had only locally made armchairs and benches. Further, I spent KES 3,000 on school fees and school uniforms for my two sons in primary school. In addition, KES 4,000 was spent on both my and my husband's clothing. Moreover, food and household items were bought at KES 7,000. These include; a bag of maize a quarter bag of rice, sugar, and other several household items. These have sustained for the past two months and will be over in a week. For all these, I am grateful to GiveDirectly. This is because as a mother of six I have been doing small-scale farming of maize and sweet potatoes just to feed my family. Additionally, my husband is a businessman and helps with school fees payments.

It was after milking my cow that I realized that GiveDirectly had sent the promised money. I started singing happily thanking God for the blessings that had just come in. I then called my spouse, informed him about the good news and he was equally overjoyed and promised to come home the following day so that we would go and cash it out together.

With the transfer, I was able to build a more spacious iron-roofed house for my family. Because of this, we will enjoy our privacy as a family and my children will not be sleeping at my inlaw's house anymore since they can always sleep in the kitchen. In addition to this, I am happy that I will be able to harvest rainwater for domestic use during the rainy season and use the time that I would have spent going to the river on something important.

We have six children and I have been depending on dairy farming to support my spouse in paying some of our bills. The income from this project is not consistent due to changes in climatic conditions and demand. Because of this, my spouse had to shoulder more responsibilities and this had weighed him down financially making it impossible for him to do some developments. I spent KES 30000 from my transfer to build a more spacious house for my family after using KES 2000 to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home. We settled on this as a family since the one we were living in was small and could not accommodate us comfortably since it was one room. Due to this, my children used to sleep at my inlaw's house since she is the only person who could accommodate them without complaining. I used the remaining amount on food, school uniforms, and home clothes for every member of my family.