I now have a pair of oxen to use in my farming. I did not have any before then and I was hiring from neighbours during the planting season. With the pair of oxen, then I won't be hiring again since I have my own. I do my farming timely through this lair for a good harvest. The money has also enabled me to enroll my children in high school and college. They would other wise have stayed at home and not reaching their educational goals since I do not have the resources to take them to school. Its only through the transfer that helped them to join college.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well in uplifting our living standards through this financial support since it has enabled us to build new homes and buying livestock which we keep in our region. I do not see anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I spent my second transfer on paying school fees for my two children, in high school and college. They are now comfortably in school having cleared the arrears. Apart from this, I did some shopping on the remaining amount on buying foodstuffs and other household basic needs and paying for some household expenses.

Owning the pair of oxen to me is the biggest difference for I was hiring from neighbours during the planting season which was costly to me. I am happy through the transfer from GiveDirectly, I acquired my own pair hence no more hiring instead, I will be hiring out to them at a fee which means an income to me.

I was filled with happiness the moment I saw the message from GiveDirectly on my phone that my first transfer had finally been sent into my Mpesa account. I could not believe them at first due to past experience with other organizations but seeing the money in my account did away with every doubt and I realised that they had fulfilled the promise they had made to us.

I spent the transfer on buying a pair of oxen. I had desired for a long time to have my own and receiving the transfer was the greatest opportunity for me to acquire the pair. I have been hiring from neighbours during planting seasons though it was expensive and I could not meet the full cost of cultivating my whole acreage. The pair will aid me in ploughing by ensuring that I do it timely so as to increase my acreage for robust yields. I will no longer be hiring instead I will hire out to my neighbours at a fee thus generating an income during the season of cultivation. I also bought a goat to keep alongside the pair of oxen as an asset and which I expect to reproduce and have many of them. I also gave a portion of the transfer to my son to complete building his own house that he had began but came to a halt due to inadequate building materials. I spent the rest of the transfer to pay for my children's school fees balance so that they would be allowed back in school and comfortably enjoy their studies without any interruptions.