My initial plan was to start up a retail shop where I was to sell mainly foodstuffs, personal care products, and detergents. The business is doing well and in the process of operating it, I have realized that utensils can do well alongside it. Therefore, my new goal is to venture more into the utensil business because it is more profitable. I have started stocking a few but since their demand is high, I am planning to stock more of them.

In my opinion, Give Directly is doing great work by sensitizing the community about their program in advance. This enhances trust in them and people also get to be more informed about their projects. They also have staffs who professionally respond to people's concerns.

I used KES 32000 of the second transfer to purchase building materials (iron sheets, nails, and timber) which I will use to construct a three-roomed house. My current single room is too small to fit my family of five. I have three children and it is not comfortable sharing a sleeping room with them. Therefore, after constructing the new house, they will use the current house as their sleeping room. I cannot wait to own a bigger house so that we can have our privacy. KES 10000 I spent on boosting my business by stocking new products. Initially I concentrated on foodstuffs and personal care products but later discovered that utensils are not only in high demand but also more profitable. I still have KES 7000 which I have saved for building labor and spent KES on my children's school fees so that I could clear the fee balance they owed the school. I am glad my children currently have ample time with their studies since they are no longer sent back home for school fees.

As usual, I used to leave home very early in the morning to the field to search for charcoals for sale. One of the fine days of October 2021 at around 7.30am when I was on my motorbike taking some sacks of charcoals to my customers, I heard my friends who were alongside me taking some charcoals to their clients too saying the money from GiveDirectly has been sent. Without showing them any sign that I was desperately waiting for the transfer, I slowed down to confirm from my phone too. My heart was filled with joy and happiness after realizing it was true that the transfer of KES 55000.00 from GiveDirectly has been sent. Happily, I proceeded with my journey to my customers while calculating on how I was going to spend the money.

Even though I have the charcoal business but I rely much on the shop. The fact of restocking the shop with goods worthy KES 27000.00 was a great achievement and a big difference in my life. The shop has now established itself and it’s something I can say it’s a result of the first transfer from GiveDirectly. Initially I used to sleep and wake up very tired because of the state of the bed and the mats I was using. The bed was very small and the mats were torn apart. As at now, I sleep comfortably and I even sometime oversleep because the shelter is very nice and enjoyable. All this is the doing of GiveDirectly.

On reaching home, I finalized my budget and went for the withdrawal. After a successful withdrawal, I bought a bed and a mattress for KES 6500.00 and KES 7500.00 respectively. From my small savings, I had started a shop business but due to the financial constraints I was passing through, the shop had no enough stock to serve my clients thus I took KES 27000.00 and restocked my shop. My clients are now happy because they get almost every basic thing they need from the shop. I also took KES 6000.00 and renovated the shop by building some pillars so that it becomes more firm and permanent. I also have children who are in primary school, so I paid KES 2500.00 school fees for them before they are sent home for the same. The remaining amount is for food and other emergencies.