My life is now different because I currently own a dairy cow which I would not have managed to buy on my own cost. One of my future goals was to have at least a good source of income. I feel GiveDirectly has fulfilled this since I will be selling milk as these cows reproduce. I also acquired new beddings through this transfer and replaced the old and worn out beddings I have been using for years. I purchased new wooden beds and mattresses for my family. It's a great joy to me because I now have comfortable beddings and also my children unlike before GiveDirectly came to us.

GiveDirectly has directly impacted our lives. I am old and feel good to own a cow and a water tank assets that I need the most at my age. Look at what GiveDirectly has done in my community, I just thank them a lot and urge them to continue with the same spirit.

I am growing older and older and getting less energetic to carry on with daily chores. We receive low rainfalls in our areas thus getting clean water through our the year has been a challenge. When I received my second transfer I used part of it to buy a water tank. I greatful for the support since I currently enjoy clean water at my door step. We had been facing food shortage in our family due to previous poor yields thus I spend the larger amount of my second transfer on household basic needs and items.

My daily life has drastically changed since I no longer depend on my children to give me money to use in buying food and milk anymore as I used before. I was able to be independent after buying my dairy cow which has enabled me to sell some milk and use the money to purchase what I need and this makes me so happy.

It was around 10.00 am in the morning as I was relaxing when my son came to me and inquired if I had received the money promised to us by GiveDirectly since most people in the village had gotten theirs. I then requested him to check it for me since I did not know how to. After confirming that I had also received, I was so happy and I immediately started singing praising God for His blessings unto my family and the entire village since I knew that its through this money that my life was going to change.

I have been buying milk on a daily basis and this is expensive owing to the fact that I do not have an income and have always depended on what my children give to me. Whenever I do not have money to buy milk, I was forced to take porridge prepared from white maize flour and it's of low nutritional quality. When I received my first transfers, I decided to use part of it to buy a dairy cow so that I would relieve my children the burden of having to give me money to use in buying milk almost every day. Since I did not have some seats in my living room, I used part of the remaining amount of my transfers to purchase some seats. This will always make me more comfortable welcoming visitors into my home unlike before. I also used the remaining amount in the purchase of a water tank so as to use it to store water during rainy season.