I now have good furniture which I didn't have before. The water containers which I also bought has enabled me to have a space to store water for use. Before I would use small containers which would mean that I would exhaust soonest and travel to fetch some every now and then.

I like what Give Directly did by delivering their promise. Since I was born I had never seen such an organization which is committed to promise they make to people. I never saw anything negative about the organization.

The second transfer who Give Directly sent to me, I spent to buy building materials for constructing a kitchen. I bought solar lighting system, food and one goat. The remaining portion I spent on fixing windows and doors to the newly built house which was halfway done.

I feel having goats is my greatest achievement and the biggest difference that happened to my life. I have all the confidence that these goats will bore more of the young ones. I like practicing agriculture since this is an investment that I can manage. I had a number of them previously but my husband fall sick and so I was forced to sell them to cover for his hospital bills. I am a happy woman to see them in my compound once again and can not thank GiveDirectly enough.

Mpesa confirmation message came in at around 9 PM when we were preparing to sleep. I was the one who noticed this message first and immediately passed the good news to my husband. We couldn't sleep. How could we when we have such an amount of money which belonged to us? We joined hands, prayed and gave thanks to God for seeing us through GiveDirectly.

When I received the transfers from GiveDirectly, I already had plans aligned in order. Priority in the list was to buy two goats. This was basically because I had and still have hopes that they will give birth in the future hence have more of them. It was kind of an investment that will be available just when the need arises. Secondly, I bought seats for the just completed house. I had no seats by then and every time I had visitors, they would have to stand while in the house or worse still, just have them rest outside for the shame of not having seats in the house. Lastly, for the rest of the amount, I bought some materials which will be used in building a kitchen. The current one is grass thatched and soon there will be some leakage.