My new goal is to start a business selling clothes. I would like to start the business so that it can help me in getting money for paying school fees for my six children, two of who are in secondary school and the other four are in primary school. I also want to start the business so that I can no longer make long trips going to my place of work. I usually go to do casual work of farming at a farm which is three hours away from my home. I usually wake up at 3 am and I get home at 8 pm. Making the trips on foot every day is tiresome.

GiveDirectly did well by conducting a meeting with the community members before starting the enrollment process. We were taught well and we got to understand what the program was all about. GiveDirectly also did well because they sent the money as they had promised. Keep up with the good work, I do not see any wrong.

I spent part of the money on building another house. I built the house at a total cost of KES 35000. I decided to build it because I used to live in only one house together with my six children. The space was hence not enough for us and my children did not have a conducive place to study from in the evening. Apart from the house, I spent KES 4000 on buying a sheep and KES 2000 on tilling a small piece of land and planting it. I decided to buy the sheep because it is going to be of great help to me in the future when it reproduces and multiplies in number. I can sell some of them and use the money to buy a cow or pay school fees for the children. It was maize planting season in our area and I did not have the money. So when I got the second transfer, I got the opportunity to till and plant. With the remaining amount of money, I used it in buying a bag of maize since we no longer had any for our consumption and I bought some clothes for my children. I am happy because GiveDirectly has uplifted my life, I am no longer the same as before. I was able to build another house, something I never thought I will be able to achieve since I didn't have the money. I usually do casual work of farming where I get paid KES 300 per day. The money is paid at the end of the month and most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for my children and buying food. I own a sheep and I also managed to plant maize. Thank you so much for the support, may God bless you.

I was very happy to receive a message from Give directly with a confirmation that I had received Kshs.55,000 that we had been promised by the officers. It was about 9.37 a.m and as soon I confirmed, I went and withdrew the transfer immediately since I had an urgency.I thanked God that it arrived timely when I most needed it.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the clearance of pending schools arrears for my children. It was a relief since my children had been in and out of school and I was straining to clear because I depend on manual jobs. In addition, the plans to start constructing a house with the second transfer will also bring a great difference to my family.

I had arrears for my two children in secondary that I needed immediately since they had been sent home to collect the same early that morning. I had to clear all pending payments of Kshs.21,000.I also bought iron sheets worth Kshs.18,000 since I had plans of building a new spacious house because I had a small grass-thatched house which was small for my family of seven. Though I didn't commence on the construction, am hopeful that with the second transfer, I will accomplish this because it is a priority. With Kshs.1,500 I used to till my small piece of land in preparation for planting season. With the remaining amount, I spent on buying food and clothing for my family and saved part of it for our daily acquisition of household items.