I have lived the entire past of my life as a casual laborer and housewife thus raising an income to sustain my household daily basic needs had been so hard due to scarce resources. I had lived in a single grass-thatched hut and I had planned to build another one but overwhelming basic needs could not allow me to have one. My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that I was able to build a decent iron-roofed house that could not have happened without transfer. We majorly depended on casual jobs and it had been so hard for us raising our family basic needs since our income if not on a regular basis. Currently, We own a motorcycle that has greatly changed our lives in that my husband used it as a motorcycle taxi hence getting us daily income that can cater for our daily basic needs and save some for our future lives. I also bought a cow that I am so proud of, am engaged in my farm looking after it and am sure that soon I will have milk from my farm for both household consumption and sale. I see my cow as an asset that with time will reproduce hence will have more cows that will be my security for any financial needs arising in the future. With GD transfers, I have hopes of a better future for what I have started with.

For the shorter period of time that GiveDirectly has been our village, It has been great and full of blessing our lives have greatly changed. GiveDirectly is firm, fair, trustworthy, equity, honesty among other values. I have no complaints against them I feel should change.

I majorly depend on my husband who is a masonry for my family daily basic needs and other financial necessities. It has been hard for him providing for us since his job is rarely found and since we depend on farming that takes longer to mature, our daily basic needs had been sometimes hard to get. When I received my second transfer I used to buy a motorcycle that is used by my husband whenever he is going for his work and when he has no job he use it for as a tax hence we currently have a daily income that has improved our living standard in that we no longer get into debts, stay idle due lack of casual jobs thus getting basic needs easier than before.

My life has a great difference in that I feel so happy to have acquired a cow that will be a source of income to my family. When it calves, I will be selling milk. This will boost my income generation to cater for my family needs and also pay school fee for my children in future.

The moment I received this transfer I felt so happy and overwhelmed that I went to my neighbors house to share the joy.

I spent part of my first transfer in buying a cow. I have been buying milk on a daily basis. Having my own cow will enable me to save money that I would have, otherwise, used in buying milk, hence spending on something else. I also bought some building materials for building a new house since the one I am living on is very congested and leaking.