I currently live on a piece of property that I have not fully paid for. After paying 93% of the sum, the owner agreed to let me move in. I currently owe $174 and must pay it off. My objective is to make the payment in full so that I may begin totally and comfortably owning the parcel of land without worrying about being bothered by the outstanding balance. I'm hoping to complete the payment before the year is through.

I believe that Give Directly is a great organization because they help those in need financially. Nobody could have predicted how drastically this money has changed people's lives in my neighborhood. Since you first graced our community, I have not observed anything questionable regarding you.

When I got the second transfer, several pressing needs arose that prevented me from my plans as I had intended. Due to the protracted drought, hunger was the most pressing necessity, therefore I decided to buy enough food to ensure that my extended family would not go hungry. As a result, I spent $130 on two sacks of corn and $24 on a bale of maize flour. Then, because my five elementary school children were set to take their end-of-term examinations, I paid their $90 school fees. I also paid a clearance charge of $70 to my grandchild who had finished secondary school but whose certificate had been withheld because of an outstanding tuition amount. He is thrilled and excited to go to college, which makes me happy that he received his certificate. Since the doors in my house were not shatterproof, I spent $28 on two iron sheets that were supposed to make two attractive doors. I spent $60 to take my son to the hospital when he got sick, kept the rest for the family's maintenance, and then spent $65 for two goats.

While grazing my goats at around 3 pm, a message popped into my phone. Since I do not know how to read I had to wait till I return home for the message to be interpreted to me. On reaching home, that was the first thing I wanted to know because for once the message tone rang twice rapidly. I gave the phone to my daughter-in-law for interpretation and she confirmed to me that I had received the first transfer from GiveDirectly. My heart melted at thanksgiving for receiving a such huge amount of money at once.

Hunger and poor shelter was the main challenge my family and I were facing. Since I relied on charcoal burning, It was very difficult to make ends meet and we used to go up to at least two days a week without getting some meals. As of now, I am very grateful to GiveDirectly for the support it gave me. I was able to fix the shelter issue by constructing a house which is now almost to completion. I also managed to buy some foodstuff which has seen us getting some meals regularly not like before when hunger was terrorizing our family, thank you to GiveDirectly.

Since my house was very small and congested to shelter my six grandchildren, I saw it prudent to construct another house. Therefore, I bought some building materials; 47 poles for $71, rafters for $32, nails and 16 pieces of iron sheets for $ 144 and $40 was the contractor's labor charge. Currently, a one-room mud-walled house with an iron sheets roof shines my home. I am grateful and happy for GiveDirectly for enabling me to construct a nice house. I cannot tell how long it would have taken me to build such a house considering that I depend on charcoal burning for survival. and I am a widow taking care of my six grandchildren who are orphans. I also bought two sacks of maize to ensure that I have enough food at home and kept the remaining amount for emergencies for the family.