I have an idea that I want to put into practice once I have some money. I want to set up a shop where I can sell groceries and other household goods. By doing this, I will be working in a productive light-duty position that will allow me to generate revenue, allowing me to accomplish other things that I am presently unable to do due to a lack of funds.

I believe GiveDirectly performed a great job by providing financial support for me. This was the ideal option because each of us has unique needs and would pick a solution that suits them. I now can own assets that, in my homestead, I would have to wait years to get. There was no need to adjust their method of operation because everything went according to plan.

Before receiving the transfer, I had already designed a structure of the priorities to handle once the money is sent to my account. When I withdrew the money, the first thing was to complete the construction of a three-room rental house so that I could have an income-generating activity. Based on that, I cannot tell how much I used in the construction since I had entrusted my son to be in charge. I am happy that I managed to complete the house and as of now, one room is already occupied by a tenant. I also managed to buy three goats for $105 as an investment. I am also very happy because using the transfer, I was able to seek medical attention after I accidentally fall and broke my arm.

While in the field grazing my goats, I received a message on my phone, and if I can recall it was around some minutes past noon. Since I do not know how to read, I did not bother checking. Unfortunately, I forgot about the message till the next day when my daughter-in-law took my phone to check on time when she saw the message icon. She checked to find out what kind of a message it was only her eyes reflected a huge figure of $550 which was sent to the account by GiveDirectly and she immediately informed me of the same. I jumped up and down while ululating in happiness for receiving a huge amount of money in my old age.

Initially, the struggle was real. Getting some food was a big challenge since I solely relied in making and selling charcoals which was not a reliable business. I used to go up to at least two days a week without food. Currently, I am very grateful for the support I received from GiveDirectly because I changed the hunger song I used to sing. I have now taken a break from going to the forest to make charcoals for sale yet I get food not like before. This could not be the case if it were not for GiveDirectly. In addition to that, I am in the process of building a rental house which is an investment.

Before receiving the transfer, I had already designed a structure of the priorities to handle once the money is sent to my account. When I withdrew the money, the first thing was to construct a rental house so that I have an income-generating activity that I could rely on in the future. Based on that, I bought 20 pieces of iron sheets for $160 and building poles for $100. Before proceeding with the process, I accidentally fall while walking yet it was raining and I broke my hand. I paused the whole construction process and went to the hospital where I spent $30. While waiting to recover so that I could monitor the construction, I paid $80 to my neighbor to prepare my two-acre piece of land for farming as well as planting for me since I could not do it myself. Currently, I am happy that my crops have sprouted well hoping the rains will do us favor this time round. For the remaining amount, I used some to buy some food and saved the rest for the construction.