I earn a living by farming and raising livestock like chicken and goats. In the coming year and beyond, I am planning to add more of them for sale in case of any emergency. I will also be employing someone to take care of them as I do have other errands to take care of in the farm. In addition, I will start up a small business of selling groceries as it has high demand compared to other types of businesses.

In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs.

I am a parent of five children. Two are in Secondary School, a boy and a girl, while the other is in college studying Information Technology in his first year. I used a total of kshs 20,000 to clear their school fees arrears that have accumulated for the past year. Before the transfers, I was living in a small grass-thatched house and it could not fit all my family members. The boys used to sleep in my neighbour's house and this was so inconvenient as they could go so early due to insecurity in my community as most homes do not have access to electricity. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 30,000 to build a spacious decent house for my family. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly transfers.

Early that morning I was smearing my house and I heard my phone ring. Upon checking, it was a confirmation of a receipt of my first transfer. I was happy and thank God and Givedirectly for the support.

The biggest difference in my daily life is all the achievements I have so far. I am looking forward to seeing more transformation in my household with my second transfer.

I had been buying milk for my seven family members for a long period since I had no cow to supply us with milk. With KES 50,000 I purchased a dairy cow which is currently supplying us with five liters of milk per day. The story of spending on milk purchases is now the past and soon will start selling a liter to a nearby food joint to earn an extra source of income so that I can cater for other household items. With the remaining part of the money, I spent on buying maize and other how household foodstuff.