My life is different in such a way that I now sleep peacefully in a decent house. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I used to sleep under a small house with some cracked walls. During the winter seasons, I never had pace becasue I could be rained on till dawn. My children were always attacked by some pneumonia and asthma as a result of the cold nights. I had to seek medical attention every relatively expensive time. Also, I now have livestock which includes an ox and sevral goats. Very soon they will reproduce and have many of them. Through this, I will be able to achieve a lot since I will sell some and start different projects. This will empower me to provide for my family's needs.

In my opinion, GoveDirectly does well in all the sectors in my region. Forst of all, the GiveDirectly officers, informed us well on how best we can protect our money ie not disclosing our Mpesa pins. Since to some of us, it was our first time handling mobile phones, it was an added advantage. Also, I do not see any sector GiveDirectly failed us.

I spent part of my second transfer buying sevral pieces of iron sheets, timber, nails, and ropes. This was for the completion of my house which I had initially started constructing using the first transfers. I also cleared school dees for my children who are in secondary and primary secondary schools respectively. Also, I bought new school uniforms for them to replace the old ones which were old and torn. With the removing amount of money, I bought sufficient foodstuff for the family.

I was still in my bed at around 12 noon when my phone started vibrating. I decided to ask one of my sons to check who it could be. Upon checking, he realized that there was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy and I just wish you could see how I reacted at that particular moment.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a decent semipermanent iron-roofed house that is well plastered. Previously I have been sheltering under a small hut that could not accommodate some of my family members. Therefore every night some of my children used to shelter at their grandmother's house which not that spacious too. Also, whenever it could rain, I had to seek shelter from my neighbors because mine had a leaky roof. I could not even think this problem would come to an end since I was hopeless in life. I currently glad because it's still like a miracle to me considering the fact that I now sleep under a big house with all my family members. We longer have to worry about the heavy downpours that have been a bother for all those years.

I spent part of my frits transfers on buying some building materials such as several building poles, pieces of iron sheets, timber, and nails. This was purposely for the construction of a new house since the previous one was a small temporary hut. I later bought some livestock such as two goats as the living assets that I can depend on. In addition, I cleared school fees for my children and aqlso bought some new school uniforms since the previous ones were old and torn. With the remaining amount of money, I bought sufficient foodstuffs for my family.