The goal that I have is to support the education of my 4 kids who are about to join junior secondary next year. They will require a huge amount of money to keep them in school. To achieve this, I intend to start a grocery business where I would sell vegetables e.g. kale, tomatoes, eggplant as well as spinach around the village. I would use the income from this venture to pay for their school fees.

Givedirectly did well in conducting the village meetings. The training was so helpful since we got first-hand information about the program before being enrolled. In addition, everyone was included in the program discrimination. Lastly, we received the transfers at the right time as promised. I recommend they conduct more field visits after all the transfers to see how the cash has impacted the living conditions in the village.

I had desired to purchase a car wash machine for my grandson that would assist him in his car washing business. I spent $251.50 of the recent transfers to purchase the machine for him. Previously, he had to stay without work due to the faulty machine he was using. Owning this will be a source of income for the family since it will support us whenever we face any challenge. In addition, I used $100 to support the education of my 4 children who are in primary by clearing their fee arrears for a whole year. I am very grateful that they are learning without any difficulties. Similarly, I bought new school uniforms for them since they were going to school with torn ones which were very embarrassing. Furthermore, I used $60 to purchase 2 Galla goats to improve the animal breeds. This is because Galla goats are quick to mature and more profitable than the local species. I saved the remaining amount to support me in case of any financial emergency that I might encounter in the future.

As I was preparing myself for my daily hustles, I received a message on my phone. Upon checking, it was the first transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt so happily for getting some money at once, something that I had not imagined in my life. Happily I waken up my wife who was still on bed so that we could share the happiness of the good news.

Initially, I had no defined source of income, thus did some casual labor to earn a living. Currently, I am grateful that I have an income-generating activity of a car wash which I acquired after receiving the transfer. I am very thankful for the support I received from GiveDirectly because it helped me to settle on a project that is now generating some money which makes me survive

When I withdrew the money, I had already planned on how I was going to spend it. I took KES 32000.00 and started a new business of a car wash. I opted to do this business after doing a thorough research and realized that it would add value in my life. Thereafter, I used KES 15000.00 to buy some iron sheets. These iron sheets were for adding a room to my house to make it more spacious than the way it was. Since the time I received the one I had was smaller and congested.