My dream would be to grow my business. This is because I want to make more money so that I can comfortably cover my children's school fees. I am optimistic that I will be able to realize this dream because I have already planted maize and I intend to use the profits to expand the business.

Indeed, GiveDirectly's assistance helped to improve the lives of the less fortunate in society. It never discriminated against anyone, regardless of social status, during its operations. Furthermore, they did not base their decision on rumors, but rather visited every household in the village and ascertained things for themselves, bringing fairness to all. Nothing was done, in my opinion, that contradicted what they had stated.

When I was promised money from GiveDirectly, I knew I would prioritize paying school fees for my children because it was the most pressing need at the time. This is because I have eight children, one of whom is in college, two in high school, and the remainder in primary school. Paying their school fees has been difficult due to the volatile market prices where I specialize in the animal trade and my wife sells vegetables. So, after receiving my second transfer, I paid $300 in school fees and then purchased a dairy cow to reduce the cost of buying milk. I used to own a cow, However, I was forced to sell it to pay for my children's school fees. I am overjoyed and satisfied with what I have accomplished in such a short period.

It was 6:30 am and I was at home. I had woken up but I was still in my bed. Suddenly, I heard my phone ringing notifying me of a new message. I did not bother to check it and after a few seconds, one of my neighbors called and he told me to check my phone if I had received any new SMS. I did so as soon as the call ended and wow! I could not believe my eyes when I opened the new SMS and I read that I had received KES 55000 in my mobile money account. I was so happy and immediately informed my wife the good news. She was so happy too and we thanked God for it. Since we had already planned on how to spend it, we immediately transferred most of the money to our bank account for payment of school fees for the children.

The biggest difference that the transfer has brought into our daily lives is that having paid school fees for the two children, we have managed to save most of the money that we are making in our businesses. We are planning to use the saved amount in buying a calf which is going to be of great help to us in the future.

We spent most of our recent transfer on paying school fees for our two children who are in secondary school. We had one who was joining a secondary school and a lot of money was being needed for payment of school fees and for buying the necessary school items. We thus spent KES 35000 on him. Other than that, we also spent KES 15000 on paying school fees for the one who is in her third year of study in secondary school. We are grateful to GiveDirectly because we do not know what we could have done to raise such a huge amount within a short period. I usually do the business of buying and selling goats on our local market day which is usually on Mondays. My wife on the other end usually grows vegetables and she sells them at the market too. The money that we get from our income-generating activities, is what we usually use in paying school fees for the children and buying maize for our consumption. The remaining transfer amount, we spent on buying a 90-kg bag of maize for our consumption at KES 4500 and we bought some new clothes for the children to wear. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the support.