I am grateful for the accomplishment I have realized after receiving both transfers from GiveDirectly. At the moment, I have a new goal to start paying for a piece of land that I had been hoping to add after obtaining a loan from a credit facility. I am making the first deposit the proceed to pay in bits till the last coin before I fully own the piece of land.

GiveDirectly sent us money directly to our accounts - something that has never happened in any aid that I had been seeing around. Equal amounts hit every account within the village that brought joy and happiness to every household at the same time without anyone getting worried that there could have been any biases. This was the best approach by GiveDirectly in my opinion where no one was given more favors than the other members of the village.

I spent KES 35000 right after receiving the second transfer on adding a dairy cow to the single one that has been providing us with milk whenever it is lactating. I had been suffering great setbacks whenever it dries up forcing me to spend a lot on the daily purchase till it calves down again. I am glad that we can now alternate their breeding to ensure a plentiful supply of milk in all seasons. I also fenced around my piece of land after buying a barbed wire and fencing poles worth KES 15000 to ease the rotational grazing pattern of my livestock. I spent the remaining KES 2500 on paying the labor charges.

At the moment I received the first transfer, I was so excited as it was a confirmation that I will be able to finally accomplish the plans I had. I was home alone that morning getting ready to leave for my usual job when I got the message. I had to call my husband who is currently working in a town a little bit far from home to share the good news that I had received. He was happy as well and advised me to execute all the plans we had. I am grateful that I managed to spend every coming well, and looking forward to receiving the second transfer.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the construction of a large dam on my fiend enabling my livestock to access water at any time even when I am not around. This had been a challenge for quite some time as I have had circumstances when I would pay someone to take them to the river and back. For convenience, I only needed some finances to finally construct a water reservoir to collect rainwater and open access by the herd at any time of the day.

For the past 10 years now, livestock farming has been the fortitude of my household income. I had been dependant on the chicken project that I started after selling a bull from the herd I am rearing alongside. Milk production, eggs, and chicken selling have been earning me quite a reasonable income and great help in meeting several financial obligations within our household. On receiving the first transfer, I spent KES 10000 on renovating the old chicken coop after obtaining an additional chain link, four iron sheets, timber, and also corner posts to enhance the strengthening of the circumference walls. This renovation will ease the restaining of chickens since they cannot always be out depending on the condition of the surrounding farms. I also constructed a new dam, as I had been struggling with my livestock in search of water. Moving them to and from the nearby reservoirs has never been easy but after the construction of a large dam that has collected enough rainwater, I am no longer required to always be around as they can access the dam within their grazing fields. With the remaining amount, I managed to obtain iron sheets, nails, timber, and other construction material that I am currently using in putting up an extra house to provide a room for my children in the future and also visitors.