The biggest difference is that I am now hopeful of living in my own home. Through the transfers I got from Give Directly I have already bought the necessary building materials. Initially, I only used to depend on casual jobs. The money I got from these jobs was enough to buy basic needs. I used to save nothing towards this goal therefore there were slim chances of establishing my home. I am happy that soon I will be living with my family in our own homestead.

In my opinion, the fact that the grant issued by Give Directly is unconditional makes it so unique. One can use the money how best they feel without restrictions and again as I have said it is a grant hence you owe no one. Saying GD has done well will be an understatement. If I were a donor then I would replicate what GD has done to our community with confidence.

When I received my recent transfers, I bought a cow at Kes 17,000 because I had always dreamt of having one but I never knew it was coming this soon. Besides that, I also used part of the balance Kes 20,000 to purchase poles, sisal twine and nails to be used to construct a house for my household given that I am the second wife and my husband is way old that he can no longer work to support us. The amount that remained was Kes 13,000 and it was not enough to purchase timber and iron sheet for roofing so I decided to save it and wait for the second transfer so that I can add to it and purchase roofing materials.

A dairy cow that I bought using the transfer is the most valuable asset I can proudly mention. It has various benefits that I will soon enjoy, such as producing milk that my children will be drinking and selling the remaining liters to the local markets for income purposes. I have always been finding difficulties to buy milk as much as I wanted it for my family because of it's high price, not forgetting that only a few people were owning dairy cows in my village because of poverty. I will finally use my profits to start my own business so as to reach our remaining family goals.

It was around 6 am when I was doing my normal house chores then I heard my phone ringing continuously. I was a bit nervous. I decided to check what the notification was all about. I was very happy to realize that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. We immediately started celebrating with my entire family.

I spent part of my first transfer on expanding my kiosk business. The business was almost collapsing since the little capital that I had could end up in handling the family's needs. I that God for the financial support that I received from GiveDirectly since it has enabled me to revive it and so far, It is doing well. In addition to this, I bought a dairy cow as my potential asset. I settled in rearing cows since I have always had an interest in this field but could only admire my neighbors who were already into rearing cows and the various benefits that they benefited from. I finally used the remaining amount on purchasing sufficient foodstuffs for my family and household items.