For the last four years, I have been struggling to get a child. I decided to seek medical attention to know what would have been the cause and whether it can be rectified. The reason for not conceiving was that I had blocked ovary. Unfortunately, there was need for an operation but I didn't have money to seek medical attention. We mainly depend on subsistence farming for a living which was not even enough to take care of the basic needs. With the first transfer from GiveDirectly, I was able to have the surgery done. Therefore, I am hopeful of having a baby soon after I get well. Years have gone but the good news is that hope has been brought back after the correction . I do have livestock too which I have been longing for a long time.

In my opinion , GiveDirectly did well through assisting the less fortunate families in my village. Personally , my life has had a bigger turn over that GiveDirectly would never know because I own the livestock which I would admire from my neighbors . I now have them in the courtesy of GiveDirectly .

I spent a larger part of my first transfer to buy a pair of dairy cow . I am glad that one is page hence an anticipation of milk from it in the next few months which shall be an advantageous to me since I shall no longer buy milk from my neighbors . I bought two goats and food with the remaining amount of money .

I thank GiveDirectly for their financial support. I have been married for four years now without a child. I realized later on that I could not conceive due to complications of my reproductive system. Due to limited resources, I never visited any hospital to seek any medications thus lived a miserable hopeless life thinking that my system failure couldn't be corrected. The stigma and unrespect from my society slowly put me in depression that I had lost hope of getting out of it. When I received my first transfer, I felt so happy since the hope of getting out of my depression was now seen as possible. I took part of it to visit an expert and I feel this is the biggest difference in my life. I am grateful and happy because I went through the surgery and I am sure that I will be able to conceive and have children for the first time. I feel happy since this has taken away the shame I had carried for long, bring back the lost joy in my life and made me worth again in my society. Thank you GiveDirectly.

I received the transfer notification early in the morning as I was already up for my days' tasks. As I was going through the messages on my phone, I came across the one message that I have been anxiously waiting for, it was a message from GiveDirectly confirming that I had received my first transfer from them. I felt so happy because the things that seemed so impossible to me could be seen being possible.

I have been married for four years now without a child. I had visited a health expert who later on confirmed that I had complications with my reproductive system. Even though they confirmed that it could be corrected through surgery, I could not go for the surgery since I could not raise the whole amount of money required. I thank GiveDirectly because when I received my first transfer, I went through the surgery and I am grateful because once I recover, I am assured that I will be able to conceive. After clearing all my medical bills and other hospital expenses, I spent the remaining amount to buy foodstuffs that would ensure that I am taking a balanced diet, and in paying for other household basic necessities and other household expenses.