My life is different than how it would have been because, through financial help, I was able to build a new house. Previously I used to shelter under a very small house and it could not accommodate some of my children, therefore they had to sleep at their grandmother's house. To add to that, managed to take my daughter to the hospital, she has been complaining of some stomach pains for quite some time but I did not have the required money to seek the medication. However, all I could afford was to buy painkillers which were not helpful at all. After receiving the money, we had to see a doctor and she was admitted for a whole month. Currently, she is in the process of healing though she still complains but not like before. Also since my spouse abandoned me for months now, the money has been helping me in catering for the family's daily bread becasue I am jobless. If were not for this organization I had no idea how life would have been

In my opinion, GiveDirectky does well in that each one of us was well-infomred about the objectives theor coming into our village. Through that, everyone was satisfied with the way the offices approached us snd we had the freedom to either accept or decline to be enrolled since it was voluntary. Also, no one was discriminated at all and this even brought peace to the village

I spent part of the second transfer on clearing the hospital bill for my daughter who had been admitted for a whole month. He has been complaining of some stomach pains for quite some time but I could not afford to raise the amount required to take her to the hospital. Luckily GiveDirectly came in good time because I managed to take her to the doctor. I am glad she is quite doing good though she hasn't healed fully. Also, I am planning to purchase some goats as living assets that will serve as investments that I can lean on anytime. Also with the removing amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family.

I saw the message notification in my phone in the morning. On checking the contents, I realised I had received my first transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt happy for the money would completely change my life because I could now afford to build a decent house.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now sheltering in a decent and spacious house. My previous house was in a bad condition to the extent that one side was almost collapsing. I could not renovate it on time due to financial constraints. Through the transfer, I managed to buy the materials and I am now happily living in my new house. It would have taken me years to save enough money for this purpose had I not received the transfer.

I spent KES 19000 of my first transfer on buying a cow. At least I have an asset at my homestead. I am expecting to sell milk for an income besides the cow reproducing and have many of them. In addition to this, I also bought some building materials which include building poles, nails and iron sheets in order to construct a new house. My previous house was small and almost collapsing. I could not renovate it since I could not afford to buy the required materials. Lastly, I also bought a new bed and a mattress and replaced the old beddings that I have been using for years.