Food insecurity has been the biggest hardship I have ever faced. My husband has been sick for a while forcing me to struggle up and down to meet my family’s needs. I have been doing toiling jobs like digging wells for a wage that is never sufficient even to cater for the basic needs. But as at now my life has greatly changed due to the aid I received from GiveDirectly. As a family we can now access the needs especially food shelter and clothing without much struggle. I purchased enough food stock with my transfer. I also constructed a decent house since the one we had had poor roofing which was leaking. I also managed to pay dowry for my daughter-in-law whom we are together now.

This organization is the best ever I have heard or hear of. It is here to aid the less advantaged by holding their hands so that they can also define themselves as human beings. The organization has no faults.

I have been living in fear for a while since my house was almost open on the roof. One could vividly count the stars in the sky at night while in the house. My biggest worry was during rainy season; everything of mine was getting spoilt and damaged. Upon receiving the 1st transfer, I decided to construct a good stable house which I completed using the 2nd transfer. I also managed to pay school fees for my 2 children knowing that education is the greatest investment one can offer to their children.

I can still remember vividly, it was exactly 8 in the morning when we taking breakfast with my family then I heard a very loud vibration on my phone. Since I am illiterate I asked for a hand in support from my niece to confirm the sender of the message. On checking, she confirmed that it was the Mpesa message that I had anxiously been waiting for. Due to the excitement that I had, I couldn't afford to take the remaining tea.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a better house. Previously, I used to say in a small house which had a single room and one my family is big, it couldn't accommodate us all. I had to endure all this because my spouse has been suffering from asthma and this made him lose his job. Therefore I had to step in and became the family's breadwinner. I have been burning and selling charcoal to make ends meet and the little I could earn wasn't enough for me to purchase the buying materials. My children could mostly suffer at night especially when they gave school assignments. This was really stressing me as the parent. All is when now because we are comfortably sheltering in a decent house which is spacious enough. Also, my children have ample space to study at night without any distance.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some building materials such as building materials, iron sheets, timber, threads, and nails. I purchased to buy all these with an intention of constructing a new hose becasue the initial one was very smal and in a critical state. Also, I gave KES 7500 of the transfer to the mason as his labour charge. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family and some other household items that I was lacking at the moment