I can say my life is different, in that I have been able to pay my children's school fees. I have five children in number and four of them are currently in school. Before they were constantly chased away from school but now, that is not the case. Just recently they were chased from school but I used part of the money sent by GiveDirectly to pay the arrears and now they are back in school. Building a better house made of stone will be another difference, it will be more stable even when it pours, the rain can not carry part of the house away,

In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well. It has made it possible for people to start businesses for themselves depending on their capacity and their willingness.

I wanted to use my second transfer to open a small business, but I was not able to. My husband suggested we instead buy stones to rebuild our house. He has been able to buy them and this will be of great help to us since our current house is not in good shape. The house is unstable and about to fall and when it pours it only gets worse.

The biggest difference that my first transfer has brought in my daily life is that at least now I own a pair of oxen, which is a valuable asset in my household which I never dreamt of owning one day. There is no more hiring from other people, instead, I will be hiring to them at a cost and this also means income for my family and a comfortable life as I will be able to afford almost all the basic needs I could not offer them before.

I had never received such an amount of money, and when I got the message from GiveDirectly, I felt happy and I just smiled at my phone that moment since I had realized that the promise had finally been fulfilled.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying two bulls for ploughing. Previously I had to hire from someone which cost me more and with my casual jobs, not all the time I could raise that money. Now that I have my own, I will not be hiring,instead I will hire out to people, this also means more income for me. I also bought two goats. These are like my assets now, because when they reproduce, I will sell some and help me in paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school since paying their school fees has not been so easy with my little income. On my first transfer too, I am saving some of this money so that when my children will be going back for the new year when their fee will be needed, It will help me settle some of their arrears they owe their various schools.