My new goal is to purchase a dairy cow which I was unable to buy with both my transfers. I am working on meeting this goal through savings from selling plenty of vegetables that I have on my farm.

Givedirectly came at a time most households were struggling just to meet basic needs. We are grateful that all households that received the cash transfers transformed completely. Everyone is having better houses, dairy cows, water tanks and many others

On receiving my second transfer, I focused on the completion of a house I had started with my first transfer. With Kshs.40,000 I used in purchasing materials that we needed and also paid labor. We are happy that soon we are going to move in. With Kshs 10,000,I saved towards buying a dairy cow since we are currently buying milk which is costly. With the remaining amount, I spent in buying household items i.e utensils and skyplast for storing water.

I was in a meeting and we had just finished discussing the day's agenda when one of the members claimed that she had received her first transfer from GiveDirectly. Upon reading an SMS that I had received and confirming from my Mpesa account, I became so happy and thanked God for being among those who had qualified. With the money in the account, I knew that we would finally be able to fulfill our goal of building a house on our land.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to purchase some household items that I did not have before. I got married recently and most of the utensils that I have been using belongs to my mother-in-law as I had not been able to purchase mine. This is because the little amount of money my husband usually earns was not enough to cater for his rent, food, support his siblings to pay their school fees, and still remain with some to use in purchasing these items. I at times felt bad going to take sufurias, plates and cups from my mother-in-law's house whenever I had visitors and I am glad that this is no longer the case as I was able to purchase some using my transfers.

After receiving my first transfer, I spent KES 30000 to purchase some building materials ie iron sheets, sand, gravel, and stones. We are planning to use them in building a house for my family on a different section of our land because where we currently live is a waterway hence our house usually gets flooded during the rainy seasons. Also, my spouse had recently got a job and was posted to go and work in Homabay county. Because of this, we spent 10000 to use in renting a house and to purchase some items that he needed after relocating. Using the remaining KES 10000, I bought some utensils and food for my family.