The new goal that I did not have before receiving the transfer is paying the school fees for my grandson. I had plan on purchasing futures and heifer. When I received the money I felt it worth to pay part of the school fees for my son who joining form four this year. I am so happy because he will not be sent home to collect the school fees hence he will get enough time to study well.

The training was perfectly done, the registration too was done well without any discrimination and everyone received the transfer. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.

I spent KES 20,000 to purchased a heifer. This is what I had always wished to do but I did not had the money. I will get enough milk for the family when it reproduce in the next few months. Secondly I purchased a furniture for the new house that I build using the first transfer. I will no longer shy off to welcome victors into my house like before since I have a decent house. I paid KES 10,000 school fees for my grandson who is joining form four this year. The rest of the money I bought food, clothes and household items. I am so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly all this could have taken quite some time to achieve.

The excitement that I had on receiving the message from GiveDirectly was immeasurable. I was with my daughter-in-law that morning who saw it first and since she was my helper, I could not doubt any information about the transfer coming from her. I don't need to see the message twice since I could not even read it, but had to celebrate receiving that confirmation from her. It was a coincidence that on the same day, iron sheet vendors moved around the village with a lorry and could deliver to the doorstep of any buyer. I had to withdraw the money, and with my helper, we managed to make our first buy with the plan of constructing a new house.

Even though I had a lot to accomplish after receiving the first transfer, the construction of a new house has given enough space for my children and grandchildren to live in. The clean house is so conducive for the young children and at least they enjoy the freedom of playing within the house and even find space where they can study every evening after school.

Living in a single small hut with my family of at least seven every day had never been easy even though I could not feel exactly how it was since I had no option. On receiving my first transfer, I managed to obtain construction materials that enabled me and my family to construct a new house. With KES32000 of the first transfer, I managed to purchase iron sheets, timber, frames, building posts, nails and also paid labor charges after constructing my new house to completion. On moving in, this is where it dawned to me that we had been suffering a lot in the small hut but could not tell for a long time. I also paid KES10000 school fees for my son currently in secondary schools whom I had been working hard to keep in school even though I have never had a sustainable source of income. I also managed to obtain clothing both for my children and also a pair for me and saved the remaining KES10000 that I later paid forward to the neighbor who had promised to sell me two goats.