My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have build a better and spacious house for my children. They used to live in a small grass thatched house which was leaking from inside. The house was very old and could fall down anytime. I do small business but the amount of money that I get through this is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs of the family including paying school fees for my children. I didn't had extra money to buy building materials to build a better house for them. This was always my wish to build them a better house where they can sleep well and do their homework. When I received the second transfer I found it wise to fulfill this. Currently they have a spacious house where they can do there homework and study without any problems. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has enabled us to live a better life than before.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by giving money to the poor in the community to build better houses and to buy dairy cows. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.

I spend part of the money I received from GiveDirectly to build a better house for my children. They used to live in a small grass thatched house which was very old. I found it Worth to build a better house for them to be comfortable. I also spend part of the money to buy a heifer. This will enable me to cut the cost of buying milk daily which is so expensive. The rest of the money I bought clothes and food for the family.

It was early in the morning and we were still asleep when I heard an SMS notification on my phone. I checked it and I could not believe what I was seeing. The message was saying that I had received my first transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and I immediately informed my wife of the good news. She was so happy too and we woke up to celebrate with our children. We said thank you to God and GiveDirectly because we knew we were going to fulfill what we have always wanted to do.

The transfer from GiveDirectly has brought a big difference in my life and that of my family. We have been able to construct a sleeping house for our boys. This is what we have always wanted to do but due to lack of enough money, we were not in a position to construct it. The boys will hence have a good place to sleep and they will no longer have to move around looking for a place to spend the night. Things have been tough during this Covid-19 period and I did not have money to pay for my child’s school fee who is in college. The money from GiveDirectly helped me because I was able to pay it with part of the transfer. I hence no longer have to worry about where I will get the money to clear the college fee and that of constructing the house for my boys. With the three bags of maize that I bought, my family will have something to eat for quite some time and hence I will no worry about that. Thank you GiveDirectly for making this possible.

The money from GiveDirectly has helped me a lot in a way that I have never imagined. I used part of it to pay for school fees for my child who is in college. Life has been tough ever since Coronavirus struck our country, getting money has not been easy that is why I was unable to raise the fees for my child when colleges resumed. This money also helped in constructing a house for my boys. They did not have a place to sleep and I have always wanted to construct one for them. I have however not been able to because I have been struggling with the payment of school fees for my children. I had quite a number of them in college. So when I received the transfer from GiveDirectly, I saw an opportunity for me to do what I have always wanted to do. For the remaining part of the transfer, I used in buying three bags of maize for consumption and some clothes for my children to wear.