Since I am all alone in the family, I have a goal of buying some livestock for creation of wealth. Because of the drought conditions currently in my area, the goats are suitable since they can withstand the drought condition because they are browsers. Once they multiply in numbers, I will accumulate the wealth after a long period.

Through the unconditional transfers that Give Directly gave me, I could change around my life from the constant struggles I was facing. I would like to Give Directly to merge the transfers and send it all at once in the future. This will provide an excellent opportunity in enabling one to plan well for the money.

I am a widow with no child. After my husband passing away, I am alone to take care of myself. Since I did not have a job, I opted to cut down trees and burn down pieces of wood to make charcoal for sale. The earnings from the sale of charcoal are not enough to sustain my needs, which include food, buying clothes, improving the condition of my life. Upon receiving my second transfer, I spent KES 30000 to connect my house with electricity. I have been using hurricane lanterns since I was born and it has affected my sight. Now that I am having electricity in my house, I will charge phones for other people at a cost and also improve the lighting in my house. Besides connecting electricity in my house, I spent some other amount to buy a bed and mattress. I have been sleeping on a makeshift bed for the past 30 years of my life, made of sisal ropes. Because of this, I have been having constant back pains and poor health. I am now happy that I sleep comfortably and as a result my back pains are slowly vanishing.

It was very late in the evening but I hadn't gone to bed yet as I was talking to my family members still when I got the SMS confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy when I received the money, I slept so well and woke up feeling good because I knew I was going to address the challenges I was facing that had left me stranded and unhappy, especially the debts that had accumulated over time in the local kiosks.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that we now get food regularly, we sleep comfortably and I am happier than before. I was also relieved from the tedious and tiresome work of cutting trees and burn charcoal and sell, I am so happy and grateful.

I spent most of the transfer which was KES 9000 on buying a bed and mattress because we used to sleep on a very uncomfortable bed of sisal ropes which used to be making me so unhappy. Therefore, when I received this money, I immediately went for a bed and mattress because I desired comfort, to be sleeping on a proper bed and mattress like anyone else around. I also spent KES 5000 in settling the debts that had accumulated over time in various local kiosks where I used to take some food stuffs on credit. This was because I used to rely on my charcoal burning and selling business which hardly raised enough to enable me meet my family's immediate needs, which is why I had to turn to taking food items on credit. These accumulated debts used to give me headache and sleepless nights, hence, it was a very huge relief when I got the money because I was able to settle them. I am so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly for making that happen.