I have been married for two years and for all that time, I have been sleeping in my mother-in-law's house. This is because my spouse solely depended on casual jobs with low income, he couldn't afford to purchase the required materials for the construction of a new house. I never enjoyed my marriage by then because there no freedom neither privacy. However, after receiving the money, I prioritized construing my own decent house. I am now glad because the house has even strengthened our love and happiness in marriage. Also, I am now sleeping in a nice bed with a high-density mattress which is a relief from the traditional bed that I have been using previously.

In my opinion, GiveDirectloy does well by offering permanent solutions to our long-time problems. Everyone in my village now has a decent house, our children are studying without any disturbances, we own livestock. This was as a result of being helped financially and allowed to utilize the money according to our heart desires.

I spent part of my second transfer on buying some building materials iron sheets, nails, timber, and few building poles. This was purposely the construction of a new hose because which I had started the process using the first transfers. Previously I used to shelter in my mother-in-law's house since I was married for the past two years. Also bought livestock more so a dairy cow which cost KES 16000. I opted in purchasing ut because very soon I will start getting enough milk which will be for my family's consumption and commercial purposes.

I received the transfer notification early in the morning. On checking the contents, I realized it was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received my first transfer. I was overwhelmed with joy on seeing this and celebrated with my family because the transfer would transform our living standard.

I am now in the process of building a new house since the old one is in a state of collapsing. I could not renovate it on time due lack of financial resources. I am grateful to GiveDirectly because I managed to buy enough building materials such as iron sheets and building poles. I also paid for the labour cost. Having a new decent and iron roofed house makes it to be the biggest difference in my daily life.

I spent KES 10000 of my first transfer on buying a new bed and a mattress. My beddings were old and worn out since I have been using them for years without being replaced. In addition to this, I also bought some building materials which include 19 pieces of iron sheets and building poles in order to build a new house. I no longer stayed in the old living house since its in a state of collapsing. I also paid for the labour involved. I did some shopping for my family on new clothes and also bought some household items on the remaining amount.