My new goal is to expand my business of selling motorcycle spare parts. I am a motorcycle mechanic and I usually repair motorcycles. When I got the second transfer, I decided to find a way of increasing the income that I get, and hence I decided to open a shop for selling the spare parts. I however only managed to buy a few items since the spare parts are very expensive. I would wish to expand it by buying more items but currently, I do not have the money to do so. I, however, plan to save up a little out of the money that I get from the business so that I can use it in buying more spare parts. I want to do so because expanding the business means more income which will help me in providing comfortably all the basic needs for my family, that is food, clothing, and paying school fees for my children.

GiveDirectly did well in that they were not biased in enrolling people into the program. They enrolled everyone including those who had been left out during the first census enrollment. I, however, wish that they could find a way of giving more help to the disabled people in the community. This is because most of these people are not able to work and hence they do not have any means of getting income.

I spent the entire second transfer on buying items for the business that I started. I decided to open a shop selling motorcycle spare parts since I am a motorcycle mechanic. I wanted to open the shop so that I could increase the income that I am getting from repairing the motorcycles. I wasn't to do this before because I didn't have the large sum of money needed. The little money that I usually get as a mechanic is what I usually use in providing for my family of four. Most of the money usually goes to the purchase of food and paying school fees for my two children. The business has not grown so much since I only managed to buy a few items. I, however, anticipate that in the days to come, it will grow, and hence I will be able to earn more. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the support, may God bless you.

was on my way going to the place of my work when I received a message notification on phone. Upon reading the message, my heart was filled with happiness and I called my spouse to inform her. This money gave me hope that I would finally be able to achieve my dreams that had seemed impossible before and I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to save the money that I would be using in buying milk. I am planning to later use this money to pay school fees for my children. In addition, my children now get enough milk for consumption which is good for their growth as they're still young. This would not have been possible had I not received the transfer that enabled me to acquire a dairy cow and I thank God for leading GiveDirectly to our village.

Buying milk has been my routine and it is expensive as I had to spend KES 100 daily on them aside from buying other things like maize flour, sugar, and other basic needs. As a mechanic in our nearby shopping centers, I usually make up to KES 400 a day and this is usually not enough to buy all our basic needs and still save some that I can later use in paying school fees for my children. Upon receiving the transfer, I spent KES 33000 to purchase a dairy cow so that I will be able to save the money I would otherwise use in buying milk when it calves. Using the remaining KES 22000, I bought a compressor so that I can be using it for business to fill pressure on tires since the one I used to have had malfunctioned, and getting its spares is very hard.