My life has changed as compared to how it was before. This is because I am now able to purchase new clothes for my family, we have never lacked what to eat as we did before the transfers were sent, I have managed to finance the construction of our family house and with the balance that remained, I revived my donut business which I hope will be a source of revenue to our household.

In my opinion, the fact that GD is issuing grants is a plus. This allows the beneficiaries to spend the transfers depending on priority with no fear of how to pay it back as loaners treat their lenders.

When I received my second transfer, I used part of the amount to purchase livestock. I am planning to rear goats in the form of investment for future purposes. Besides that, I also spent part of the transfers to facilitate the construction of our family house because the one we were living in was small for the fast-growing family. The remaining amount I revived my donut business had collapsed due to the lack of resources.

The fact that I renovated my house has made my life to be totally different. This is because initially, I used to sleep in a grass-thatched house that was leaking during the winter season and it was also small. I never had peace whenever it rained since my children used to sleep at their grandfather's house which was also small but for me, I had no option but to stay awake till the rain stops. I was always attacked by pneumonia due to cold nights. I was almost losing hope of living because I have never enjoyed my marriage life. Today the story is different. I am sleeping under a semi-permanent house that is well plastered and iron-roofed. I no longer have to worry about the winter seasons or even the harmful insects that were always attacking me. GiveDirectly has brought joy in my life that I never expected anytime soon.

It was around 7 am when I was from the dam fetching water then I heard my phone vibrating continuously. I was a bit shocked but then I decided to check what the notification was all about. I was very happy when I realized that I had received my transfer from GiveDirectly and celebrated the whole day with my family.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some building material such as building poles and a few pieces of iron sheets. This was purposely for the renovation of my house. It was in poor condition and very small. I later bought a bed and mattress. The previous ones were old. Most of the time I could experience backpains. I am so happy that I sleep well nowadays. I then bought new school uniforms for my children and cleared their school fees as well. Truly, I am now a happy parent because the issue of school fees has really been stressing me for long. The remaining amount f money was spent on buying foodstuffs and other household items.