Dairy farming is a lucrative business. My passion now is to scale up my livestock farming and tap more income for my family. This will help us a lot now that our old age can no longer allow us to work casual jobs to earn a living.

I am happy with GiveDirectly's transparency during enrollment. They gave everyone equal chance to benefit from the program. We are now seeing the impact, people build houses, and other people bought food and livestock. However, other people who never qualified should also be considered.

I am filled with happiness every moment I walk around my farm. I now own livestock which was my dream. When I received my second transfer I prioritized investing KES 40000 to purchase sheep and a cow. I am now confident that I will no longer struggle to put food on the table for my family of three. I will be easily selling milk and other livestock products to earn a living.

I clearly remember that day, it was the eighth around 5 pm while taking tea with my daughter and grandkids. That's when I heard a message alert on my phone, and because I am not conversant with the phone I gave the phone to my helper. And she confirmed that I had received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly the money I had eagerly waited for. This is because my neighbors received theirs at around 4 pm. On receiving this news I and my kids were overexcited and we couldn't stop laughing.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the purchase of a water tank. This has helped me store clean rainwater fit for both household consumption and domestic use. I am grateful because I no longer struggle to get drinking water.

I have worked as a fresh and sour milk vendor for the past 30 years. This has helped me to invest in savings groups from which I have bought goats which I later can be sold for a dairy cow. I am also a farmer of sukuma wiki and maize which I normally supply to school to act as fees for my kids. My major issue before GiveDirectly was the lack of clean drinking water. Therefore, when I received my transfers I spent KES 23,000 on the purchase and installation of a 2,300 liters water tank. This has helped in the storage of clean rainy water which is fit for consumption. Earlier on we used to travel long distances to get clean drinking water. This is because the water from the nearby rivers is unfit for consumption and the rivers are seasonal and dry up during long dry seasons. Additionally, I bought a solar lighting system at KES 8,000. This has helped light my house, especially during night hours. It has also helped my children do their studies comfortably at night without straining. Furthermore, I bought two mattresses and two blankets at KES 6,000. As a result, I sleep nowadays comfortably and I am grateful. Lastly, after repaying a maize debt of KES 6,000, I bought a bag of maize at KES 3,600. Though the bag is almost exhausted the remainder will help sustain my family for the next two weeks.