My life is totally different the fact that I now have a smart permanent house. I constructed a spacious and a better house because my family is big and it could not accommodate us all. The walls are well plastered which my making us sleep so comfortable unlike before where the walls had holes all over it was affecting us, especially in the cold nights. My children were ever sick which was really stressing me. I am now a happy parent because my children no longer have to look for a place to sleep at night. My two children were sleeping at my neighbor's house. Secondly, they do their studies at night without any interference. I am so grateful to this organization because I was not expecting to own a permanent house anytime soon.

GiveDirectly has been of great help in my community in many ways. First, most of the people in my village now sleep under iron roofed houses. Previously, we used to sleep under old grass-thatched hats which were leaking whenever it rains. Secondly, the majority of us have some livestock which includes cows and goats. These are now the good assets we can proudly talk of. Thirdly, our children are now studying without any disturbances. There are those who had dropped out of school but they are now back to school as well which is so encouraging. Previously they used to stay home for weeks because of our financial status. This was really affecting their academic performance. According to me, I do not see any part GiveDirectly has not done us good.

Since I have been longing to sleep in a decent big permanent house, I spent a large portion of my second transfer on buying some building materials such as forty bags if cement at KES 28000, sand at KES 14000. These were for the addition because the other materials I had bought them through my first transfer. I then saved KES 10000 in my bank account, that is just in case an emergency arises With the remaining amount of money, I paid the mason. I am now living happily with my family.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that the transfer has enabled me to purchase some building materials which include blocks and sand for the rebuilding of my house to be a permanent one . I have been living in this mud house though my desire has been to upgrade to a better and decent house.I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support because soon I will be living in a permanent house unlike before.

I saw the transfer notification early in the morning. On checking who the sender was, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had finally received my first transfer from them. I felt happy and rejoiced with my family as we planned on what we would spend the transfer on.

I spent KES 46000 of the transfer to purchase building materials which include blocks and sand for the renovation of my four roomed house. My desire has been to upgrade to a better house since the one I currently live in is a mud house. GiveDirectly has empowered me to rebuild it to be a permanent one, which has been my desire for a long time. Apart from the building materials, I spent the remaining amount to cater for the family basic needs like food as well as paying for other household expenses.