My biggest accomplishment would be to open a grocery. We take over two hours to get to a nearby shop just to buy simple items like bread and milk. I have the plan to open a grocery which would save the community the long trips in the morning, especially when they run out of household items. My budget would be, to begin with, $300 and with time increase the demand for specific items.

Give Directly given has done well through the provision of unconditional cash transfers. I am pleased to be enrolled in the program and grateful that you visited the village and imparted more about the organizations and followed up even after giving out the funds to understand how we spent the money. I would request that as you enroll more, it is very important to advise recipients on the expenditure of their funds and help them have a plan before getting the funds.

My husband is a motorcycle rider, and I am unemployed. We have four children in school. He bought a motorbike on credit and most of the funds have been used to clear the debt. My challenge has been educating my children and providing food. Recently, with my eldest daughter joining secondary school, it has been quite a challenge. My first transfer was used to buy building materials because the family wanted a bigger house, a two-roomed house with a verandah. Besides, the house was in a worse state and irreparable. The remaining cash bought food for the family and a bed and a mattress for my mother-in-law. The second transfer of $230 was used to pay the contractor and buy the remaining building materials to complete the structure. I paid the other $220 as school fees for the full term for my daughter, who joined the high school. The remaining money was used to buy food and other household items like washing detergents and cleaning items.

On this day, when I woke up, the first thing I did was check my phone and I saw a message that confirmed I had received funds from give directly. At first, I was in doubt. I thought that it was the con men. But when I confirmed my balance, I saw that it was true. immediately told my husband who was very happy for me. Since I had made plans of improving the house, we first bought the kids a 5 by 6 bed and a mattress.

There has been a great difference in my life ever since I received the funds from give directly. I'm now building a two-roomed home with a veranda where my husband, my four children, and I will be living in. This is because the one-roomed one we currently live in is very squeezed. I also got to buy a 5 by 6 bed and a mattress for my children. Now they won't have to sleep on the floor.

I am married with four children. We all live in a one-room house that has a veranda. My children also never had a bed. When I got the funds from give directly, my priority was to build a new home for us. One that had two rooms plus a veranda. So, I bought 26 iron sheets and 80 tree logs. Then I bought a 5 by 6 bed for the children. My firstborn was joining form one and since I had some amount remaining, I did some shopping for him.