I have desired to start a shop business in my life. This will ensure that I have constant income that would help me meet some of my daily basic needs like food. I am planning to rent a shop at the nearby market to start the business once I got money. The aim is to sell products like maize flour, sugar, salt and soap detergents. Therefore, starting a shop business is the new goal that I have at the moment.

In my opinion, Givedirectly did well in visiting every household and giving them the right to participate in the program without discrimination or favor. Furthermore, it was vulnerary to be included in the program we were not forced to be enrolled. I do not see anything that the organization did not do well since the transfers were very supportive of many poor households.

I spent the most recent transfers to start poultry farming. I invested $297 by purchase100 chicks and 5 bags of poultry feeds that included two bags of starter and three bags of mush feeds. After rearing the broilers for 6 weeks, I was able to sell them and made a profit of $150. I also went ahead to purchase other chicks which am still raising. I am so grateful that the income from poultry farming is helping me to cater for the education of my 3 children who are both in college and secondary school. Additionally, I used $150 to support the education of the children by clearing the fee balances. They had a huge fee balance which made them constantly miss classes, seeing them going to school every day has restored the joy in my life. Lastly, I bought sufficient food with the remaining amount for the family since we are experiencing famine that resulted in high food prices.

It was around 6:30 pm when I was preparing dinner for my family. Then suddenly, I heard my phone ringing. Upon checking I realised that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I lack words to express the immense joy that I felt. This is because I knew that I would be able to revive my poultry project. I then broke the news to my equally happy family before embarking on planning how we would utilise the entire amount.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to revive my business which had closed down. I was unable to revive it before due to the school fees responsibilities. I lack words to express how grateful I am for the support that lifted my life amazingly like never before. I am optimistic that with the poultry project, I will be able to earn more income from its sales. I am forever grateful for the financial support that boosted me financially and gave me financial freedom.

I am a businesswoman specialising in hiring out tents and seats, I am married and blessed with five children. Upon the receipt of my transfer, I thought of reviving my poultry project that had closed down. Therefore, I used KES 46800 on setting up the project. I was unable to do that before due to financial constraints with the high cost of living and the school fees responsibilities. Secondly, I was able to pay the school fees arrear where I used KES 15,000. I am so grateful for the financial boost that lifted my finances amazingly.