For the coming year and beyond, I intend to increase my efforts at work with the aim of securing a promotion, which would result in higher pay and allow me to maintain the quality of education that I have been providing for my children. To achieve this, I plan on seeking advice from my manager on how to go about this process as a higher job rank would mean a higher salary.

Based on my opinion, Givedirectly has effectively enhanced our standard of living by providing us with lump sum transfers. As a result, there have been notable improvements in the quality of our housing structures, as well as investments made in income-generating activities. However, the organization should improve their selection of phones to ensure they are of higher quality and originality. The phones currently being provided have network issues and a short battery life.

I spent $350 of the transfer money on paying the school fees of three children that I was transferring to a better school, as their previous one had a poor performance record. My main motivation for doing so was to ensure that they receive the best education possible, as I strongly believe that education is an important tool for promoting economic equality. Additionally, I used the remaining amount of money to purchase two dry sacks of maize for their consumption. I opted to buy the two sacks at that particular time because they were relatively inexpensive during the harvest season, and I anticipated that the price would increase later, making it unaffordable for me.

I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. One of my relatives had already given me a call and he wanted to know if I had received money from GiveDirectly. I checked and confirmed that indeed I had been sent the sum of $550 by GiveDirectly. I made a call to my mother just to check whether she had received hers too and as we conversed I could hear some background noise from other villagers who were already in a celebration mood. The amount of happiness within the entire village was just amazing. To me this was a perfect opportunity to purchase a motorcycle that would greatly help me with mobility as my work required that I move from village to village in search of clients. I am so glad that this dream was made a reality courtesy of GiveDirectly transfers.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the status that has changed. People now see me differently unlike before and I am so happy for this. My work has been made easier since I can now move freely and reach out to more clients. My salary too is more steady than it was before and I am even planning to take my children to better Schools going forward. With the salary now steady and my husband working as a teacher, I feel I am more ready to pay school fees in a better school.

I used the entire transfer of $5500 to buy a second hand motorcycle. This was something that I had always wanted to do since it would help in making work easier for me by easing mobility. I work with a microfinance where I give loans to clients inside villages and reaching out to them was a little tough sometimes. I work with targets and very often I would fall short of targets due to poor mobility. I feel so much happy that my work has been made easy courtesy of GiveDirectly transfers