I have not been a proud parent when I allow my children to walk at night to find a sleeping place yet I don't move an inch at night. I felt I was careless with my children's' health and putting their lives at risk. It was not something I enjoyed but I did not have any option. With their ages, I was not allowed to spend with them in the same house according to our culture. This is why I used the money I got from GD to buy building materials for putting up the house. Now they sleep in their own house with their privacy-enhanced.

I feel GD did well in giving cash to everyone in the village without being biased. They did the selection in the best way independently without involving anyone. It was the best way to go about the selection. There is nothing they could have done better.

I spent my transfer on buying building materials such as iron sheets and nails which I used to put up a small house where my children are sleeping. At least now I do not go through the stress I used to go through when they were going to sleep at night about their security. I also used part of the money to pay school fees arrears to reduce the balance they had in school. This is to avoid being sent home for fees arrears again. The rest I used on buying food to boost the stock of food we had left in the house and to hold a small birthday party for my children. I had promised them and had to fulfil the promise.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have assets in terms of goats. I believe that these goats will be reproducing and increase in number soon. Having them means that I have good security for my children's education who are still young and at lower levels of education. I will be able to sell any in case of any financial challenges like paying school fees for my children.

I was overwhelmed with joy the moment I saw the transfer notification on my phone.GiveDirectly had finally honoured their promise by sending us the first transfer. I was thankful to them and I began to plan on how best I would spend this money to improve my livelihood.

I spent a portion of the transfer on buying six goats which I am currently rearing in my household. I had no livestock but through GiveDirectly, their financial support has made me own some goats which are assets. In addition to the goats, I also acquired a solar panel to provide lighting in my household. This has relieved me the cost of buying kerosene daily for the small lamps that I was using. My children will also be studying comfortably with this source of lighting. I saved the remaining amount in our savings group that I am a member. I am hoping to accumulate my savings to start a food kiosk soon that will be generating income for me.