My life is different than it would have been if I never received money from GiveDirectly because I had a small house which could not accommodate all of us but I now have a big spacious house which is comfortable for all of us. I also managed to buy bed and mattresses for my children and they no longer go to the neighbour's home asking for a place to spend their nights. I am also happy we can manage to have all meals unlike the past when we used to skip meals because of lack of money to buy food.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving money directly to the recipients other than asking them to go and collect the transfers from their office. This has helped out a lot with issues of corruption and promoted transparency.

I spent my second transfer to extend my house which was small for my big family of ten members. My children could not get enough space to spend their night within our house and were being forced to beg for a place to spend their night from the neighbours. We could not even share a meal on one table as a family because some had to eat outside the house because the space we had could only be enough for a few. I had wished to extend my house but could not raise the money on my own because all I earned from the casual jobs I do were being spent to buy food. I am so glad that GiveDirectly came through and I now have a big spacious house that can accommodate the whole of my family.

The biggest difference is that I am able to feed my family well with ease and settle my bills unlike before this was a challenge.

I was so happy when I receive the transfer. I cleared my debts and was happy that it wasn't a scum as other people believe it to be.

I spent my transfer to clear the school fees arrears that I had. The remaining balance I bought Iron sheets and round poles to extend my house. Currently we my family live in a more spacious house.