Since I do not know how to read and write, my phone stays with my helper most of the time, especially at night because I dislike disturbances. One morning, my helper came to wake me up which was something unusual. Upon getting out of the house he informed me that I had received the promised GiveDirectly transfer of $550. I ululated in happiness because I thought I would never receive the transfer. This is because the villagers with whom we were registered at the same time had received their transfers about a month ago and I was left wondering what might be the problem.

The vivid difference that stood out from the transfer is the firm house. I regard it as a permanent house compared to how it was initially before GiveDirectly supported me. I am a happy parent having a good house. In addition to that, my family has good access to food unlike before when we could go up to three days a week without food. Through GiveDirectly, my family is very happy because we have not gone without food since the time we received the transfer. We are very grateful.

Upon withdrawing the money, I opted to renovate my house by building some pillars to make it firmer because it could not withstand the whirlwind and rainy season. Therefore, I bought some hard corals for $172 and eight bags of cement for $50. As of now, I am very happy and comfortable because the pillars were built and the house is very firm. I am confident in it. Thereafter, I paid $160 college fees for my two grandchildren so that they could be allowed to do their examinations. I did this after knowing that the policy of the college was a $0 fee balance for a student to be allowed to sit for an examination. For the remaining amount, I bought some food to sustain my family of six because relying on charcoal burning was doing harm to me since it could not allow me to make ends meet; thus my children regularly went without food.