Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was sheltering in a small house which was temporary. During the rainy seasons, I used to be rained on and I had to seek shelter from neighbors. Thus after receiving my transfer, I decided to renovate it and it's now iron roofed and spacious and it can now accommodate all my family members. Courtesy of GiveDirectly.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done so well in my village by giving us the money unconditionally. This has made us access some permanent shelter, owning some livestock and many more projects. In addition, we were well taught on how best we could utilize our many accordingly.

I spent part of my second transfer on some beddings such as a bed, mattress and some new bedsheets with a total of 12000. I then bought a few building materials such as iron sheets at KES 10000 for the renovation of my house which was in a poor condition. The remaining amount of money I bought some enough foodstuffs for my family that would take us to the next harvesting season.

I was previously sheltering in a small house, though I had desired to upgrade to a better and decent house, I could not accomplish this at my own cost. However, when I received my first transfer, my desire was finally fulfilled because I managed to purchase adequate building materials which include iron sheets, nails, timber and building poles to facilitate this. I am now living comfortably in my new house, courtesy of GiveDirectly. I also paid for the mason for his job. Having a new spacious and decent house is the biggest difference in my daily life.

I was woken up by a message notification on my phone. On checking the contents, I realized that I had received my first transfer as promised by GiveDirectly. I was greatly overjoyed since receiving this transfer meant that my life would be transformed completely.

I spent a larger portion of the transfer on purchasing adequate building materials which include pieces of iron sheets, timber, nails and building poles to facilitate the construction of a new spacious house. Previously I was sheltering in a small house and my desire was to upgrade to a better house. I am now happy that through this money, I managed to complete the construction of my new house. I also paid the mason for his job. In addition to this, I also bought a cow at KES 19000. Initially I had none, and I consider myself lucky owning this cow. I am expecting to benefit from the milk that this cow will be producing and I can even sell the surplus to earn some cash. Lastly, I also bought foodstuffs for my family and paid for some household expenses.