Yes, I have always wanted to get money to pay school fees for my school children. I also have a goal of buying livestock of my own. It has been a longtime dream for me to own livestock of myself. I also have a goal of buying land that I will call home and where I can engage in farming.

GiveDirectly does well in terms of helping every vulnerable household without having any instances of biasness. With that many people within our village and even other villages can benefit from the help and also those who truly require the help can benefit.

I spent the money in buying 25 iron sheets, poles, pieces of timber, nails and some cash to pay the mason. I wanted to buy land with the cash but unfortunately the land was way too expensive. Instead I opted to repair the house that I was living in to be in a better condition so that me and my family will fit and live in it comfortable. I also used a portion of the money to pay school fees for my children who are in school. I also bought some three goats for myself. I am now happy that I have livestock and also my children are in school with no school fees arears.

I can still vividly recall just like yesterday at around 9 AM when I was just from the dam when I heard some continuous vibrations from my mobile phones. I decided to rush to my neighbor who is my helper to check what the notifications were all about. Upon checking, she confirmed that it was an Mpesa message from Segovia Technology. I had finally received my cash transfer, I was so happy for I knew, finally, I would be able to clear the fees arrears for my five children. I will forever be grateful to GiveDirectly for coming into my life.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I received assistance from Give Directly is that I was able to clear school fees for my five children; one is in high school and the other four are in primary school. Paying school fees has been my biggest challenge for years. I was worried that my eldest child who is now in college will drop out of school because I couldn't afford it. I had stretched all my sources but nothing was working out. My spouse passed on ten years ago and living without him has never been easy. I promised myself that I would make him proud by working hard and providing for our children. I have been struggling all these years to make both ends meet. I normally rely on casual jobs such as tilling other people's farms and in a day I could earn approximately KES 300. Although it's not enough to settle all my bills it keeps us moving. I have walked in all government offices requesting bursaries but I have not been lucky all this while. My children's education greatly affected as they could be often be chased out of school and this made me feel like a loser. I was failing my children as a parent. My third-born opted to drop out of school because he felt I was straining but I normally motivate them and am glad none of them dropped out of school. I am so happy that now this has been fully sorted. I no longer lose sleep thinking about how I will educate my children. I was able to plan and found a permanent solution for my life.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying loive4stock more so aq dairy cow at KES 15000 and a goat at KES 3500 respectively. This is what I have been yearning to keep in my compound but I couldn't afford it because of financial difficulties. I am now hopeful and happier because at least I can rely on them in case of any emergency. Also, I cleared school fees for my daughter who is in her third year in secondary school. Later on, I bought new school uniforms, stationery, and clearing fees for my other four children who are still in primary schools. To add to that, my current house is very small, therefore, I opted to buy building poles, nails, and threads at (KES 5000 )with an am of renovating it by adding an extra room. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family that would sustain us for at least two weeks.