Had I not received transfers from give directly, I would not have been able to buy sheep, change the roof of my house, stock food or even buy new clothes. My life has improved a lot and anyone in my village can notice from the glow of my skin because lately I always take three meals in a day which was not the case in the past.

In my opinion, Give Directly has transformed lives in my community and so many people have managed to build houses, paid fee for their children in schools and bought livestock. As a result of Give directly transfers, most people in my area are empowered and household conflicts have decreased.

I spent part of my second transfer to buy sheep as my investment.I have always dreamed of rearing my own sheep but I did not have enough money to purchase some. I will be able to sell them in future in case of an emergency or urgent need of money. I also bought bricks which I am planning to use in building a new house since the one I am living in is made of mud and needs to be smeared oftenly yet am not strong enough to be doing that because of my age and failing eyesight. I bought two sacks of maize which I will be consuming over a period of time waiting for the next harvest.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now afford daily meals without challenges because I have a stock of corn in the house.

The moment when I received the money I felt so happy because I didn't expect it and it was the first time I was receiving such an amount of money in my life.

I used part of the money I received from GiveDirectly to buy livestock (cow and sheep) for rearing for future investment so that in the next one year or two I'll be having milk. A portion of the money I used to construct a kitchen to replace the previous old leaking kitchen. I also bought five bags of corn for family consumption because I didn't plow in the last season.