The biggest difference in my life is the house which I built, I spent part of it to purchase building materials for building a new house. Before we had a smaller house which was grass touched house which was almost collapsing. The remaining amount I spend on paying school fees for my children. Before I would struggle with farming and casual jobs to meet my daily needs and pay school fees.

I really love what Give directly did in our village. When I look across our village I can smile and when I look at the house which was built as a result of these transfer which my fellow residence. On the other hand, I do not have any negative observation which I made

I spent a large portion of my second transfers on paying school fees for my son who is in college. I felt relieved after I cleared the fee balance and was allowed to sit for his final exams. I had been struggling to pay his school fees and was worried about how I would clear but thank God for Give Directly for sending us money which help me to pay the school fees.

It had always been my prayer to live a happy life where I have my privacy but this was not possible since I was always sleeping with my daughters. I could not be able to build a house for my family due to a lack of finances as the money I usually get after doing some menial jobs around the village was not even enough to feeds us. Whenever I had visitors, I used to request my neighbors to host them and this always lowered my self-esteem. Being able to build a spacious house for my family is so far the biggest achievement in my life which has made my daily life different from how it was before.

I became so happy the moment I realized that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I knew that that was the end of my troubles as I would use the money to better my life and that of my family.

My family has been living in a one-room grass-thatched house that served as our kitchen, bedroom and living room. This house could not accommodate us comfortably and we used to take outside some items at night. When I received my first transfer, my priority was to build a decent spacious house for my family. For this reason, I spent half of the money to buy some building materials majorly iron sheets, poles, nails to use in building a house for my family and also paid a mason for this work. Also, I used some amount on farming by hiring a tractor to till my farm, bought some maize and bean seeds and hired workers to help me with the planting work. I bought a water tank with a storage capacity of 1000 liters to use in storing water for domestic use. I used the remaining amount to buy beddings, foodstuffs, and clothes for my family.