My life is different in that I am now living in a better shelter something that I would not have accomplished without the aid from GiveDirectly. Back then, I was spending sleepless nights during the rainy season. Occasionally, I had to seek shelter in my neighbor's kitchen during the long rains. In addition, I was able to clear the fees arrears of my children, and I am no longer worried about what to do to cater to their education this year. Lastly, The transfer comes at a time when I needed it most because I had an accident and it supported me in seeking proper medical care.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in enrolling me into the program, I would not have been able to construct a decent house in my life without the aid. Furthermore, the selection of the eligible households was done without any discrimination. I do not see anything the it does not do well.

I spent $230 of my second transfer to complete the construction of my house by purchasing timbers, 6 more Iron sheets, and paid labor charges. Before the transfer, I was living in a small, leaking grass-thatched house which was not enough to fully accommodate both myself and our household's utensils. In addition, I used part of the transfer to seek medical expenses for myself since I was very sick when I received the transfer. Furthermore, I spent $70 to clear the fee balances for my children that are in primary school. The remaining amount assisted in buying enough food stock for the family.

I saw the transfer notification around noon when I was having lunch with my family. When I checked the contents, I realized it was a message from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received my first transfer. I felt happy and thanked them for their financial help.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now building an iron roofed house to live with my family. I have been living in a grass thatched house and my plan was to one day upgrade to a better house. Whenever it rained, I would be in serious trouble and had to seek shelter from neighbours. I was not able to renovate it because the little income from burning and selling charcoal was only enough for my the family's basic needs. I am now at peace having a decent and iron roofed house to live with my family.

I spent a bigger portion of my first transfer on buying building materials which include 24 pieces of iron sheets, building poles in order to construct a new house. I was previously living in a grass thatched house and always leaking whenever it rains. I had to seek refuge from my neighbours who had iron roofed houses. I am glad that I now have a nice house to comfortably live with my family. In addition, I paid the labour cost involved. Apart from this, I also paid for school fees for my children on amount that remained so they would be allowed to continue with their studies.