I used to wish to expand my farm by buying more land adjacent to mine. I managed to do this only with the transfers from GiveDirectly. The land I had was not sufficient for farming and for putting up homes for all of my children. When I acquired the parcel I bought, things became better because I have reduced congestion on the farm.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well since everyone in my village who benefited from this has really grown financially. people venture into different money-making activities. There are those who are farming, while others have invested the money in small businesses. This is because GiveDurectky made it flexible for us to make decisions on how to spend the money.

I spent the money I received on buying a piece of land. I spent the whole transfer and expanded my farmland. I have acquired the land from my neighbor and so the land is in just one continuous parcel with the one I had before.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy some building materials that I am intending to use in building a permanent kitchen for my family. Having a permanent kitchen had always been my prayer as it can last longer and it takes less time cleaning it. I thank GiveDirectly for enabling me to achieve this as it would have been impossible for me to achieve it on my own.

I knew that GiveDirectly had sent me the money in the morning after I requested my son to check for me the message I had received the previous night. I became so happy after he informed me about the good news.

I bought some bricks and iron sheets to use in building a more decent and permanent kitchen for my family using part of the money I received from GiveDirectly. I settled on this since it has always been my prayer to do so but I had not been able to due to lack of money. Having a permanent house with a cemented floor will make the cleaning process easier and less time-consuming. I still have some amount that I am intending to use to start the construction work.