I am at my 70's of age and am feeling so strong and I can work on my farm. This is as a result of getting enough food with a balanced diet which I have been buying with part of transfers. Some of my agemates would not be able to work as I am because of my good health. With GD transfers, my life was transformed and I do not strain to do my chores as before. I am motivated to work hard and better my life for the number of days I will still be alive. I thank GD for this life-changing opportunity.

GiveDirectly is doing well by supporting people who are less fortunate in the community. As in my village, we have seen a great difference as one of my neighbour who had primitive shelter has upgraded their shelter to a better house.

The second transfer which I received from GD, I spent part of it to buy a water tank for storing water for use. I also bought a solar panel and a battery for lighting in my house. I spent a large to buy materials for connecting piped water to my compound. I also bought three sacks of maize for consumption and spent the rest to pay school fees for my child.

My new house is almost coming to completion. This makes me so happy as I know that very soon, all my worries when it rains will come to an end. It is also spacious and will accommodate all of my family members including my grandchildren who are under my care. Owning a new house has really changed my daily life as I am always happy unlike before.

It was around 8 am when my granddaughter asked me if I had also received my transfers from GiveDirectly as many people in the village had received theirs. I then asked her to check if I had also received since she was my helper and she confirmed that I had also received. At that moment, I became so happy since I knew that I was going to achieve all of my plans with this money.

I have been living in an old house which was leaking and it was even worse during the rainy season as everything would get soaked with water. When I received my first transfers, I decided to spend part of it in buying building materials to use in building a house for my family and in paying the Marson. I spent part of the remaining amount in buying a dairy calf to since the two cows I had are the traditional ones and do not give enough milk. This cow will also act as an asset which I will use as a remembrance of GiveDirectly. I spent the remaining amount in buying maize seeds, fertilizers and in tilling my farm since it was planting season in my region and I had not even started preparing my land since I did not have any money. I also increased the size of my land under farming from one acre to two acres so as to increase my produce as I have a large family.