I do have a new goal of starting a small business. I used all of my first and second transfer to put myself and my family back to original position we were in by buying some of the most basic assets like livestock. Now that we have the livestock, our new goal is to start a new business that will ease our living standards and make life much more easy and much more affordable for all of us. I am looking forward towards making savings that will see me realize this soon enough but I am equally very grateful for the help that we received from GiveDirectly.

In my opinion GiveDirectly did very well by helping each and every person and doing so unconditionally. The fact that no single person or household in the village was left unattended was so encouraging. The other bit of giving all of us the freedom to choose how to spend the money was also so good. Every person that received the cash is so happy about this.Ww all used the money wisely and the level of satisfaction is seen across the village.

I used KES 40000 to buy livestock for keeping in my compound a d used the entire amount that remained to buy food, clothes and other basic household needs. The money came when we did not have any livestock in our compound having sold all that we had to pay school fees for our children and to foot medical bills for my husband who had been ill for a long time. I feel happy seeing the livestock that I bought and knowing that soon I will no longer have to buy milk like I am buying since we will have enough being produced by the livestock that we bought. This shall definitely make life much more affordable by relieving us of the burden of buying everything including milk.

I had just woken up and was in the process of making tea for my family when I heard my phone vibrating. Since I am illiterate, I called my helper and requested him to check and know who had called me. My heart was filled with joy when he informed me that it was not a call but a Mpesa message indicating that GiveDirectly had sent the financial aid as they had promised. I informed him that we should wait for at least two weeks before cashing it out since I was not in a rush to start spending it.

I have started living a happy life ever since I received my transfer. This is because I am now a proud owner of a dairy cow and I currently sleep in a warm house. I had lived in it for the past eight years without being able to buy the windows and it was always very cold at night, especially during the rainy seasons. I am glad that GiveDirectly enabled me to achieve this and buy a dairy cow. I am hopeful that the cow will calve soon and I will start earning money from the sale of surplus and use the income in meeting some of our needs.

I depend on a small business of buying and selling eggs and different kinds of vegetables in the neighborhood and I usually spend all my income on our basic needs. Due to this, I had not been able to fulfill some of my goals and I am glad that with the help from GiveDirectly, I have been able to achieve them. Upon receiving my recent transfer, I spent KES 35000 on the purchase of a dairy cow since I have been depending on my children to give me some milk after I sold all the livestock that we had and spent the money on my husband's medication when he was sick. In addition, I spent some amount furnishing our main house by spending KES 9000 on three windows and KES 1000 on labor. It was always very cold at night since we had used tree ply as temporary windows due to lack of funds. Using the remaining amount, I bought some food and other basic needs for my family.