My life is now improved because I constructed an iron roofed house which I never envisioned building by myself. This is because of the severe poverty I lived in. Previosuly, it was very expensive for me to renovate the thatched house I currently sleep in. But with this iron roofed house, I will no longer face such a problem hence making my life much easier.

According to me, GiveDirectly has made me good by availing the financial support. And there is nothing bad they have done in my opinion.

I used my second transfer to purchase roofing materials i.e iron sheets, timber, nails and the doors for completing my permanent house. I paid the roofing engineer as well for the work done.

My daily life is different now in that, There is a lot of happiness in my whole family including my children because whatever they ask me to buy for them I'm able to afford it. I did not have any plans of starting anything like construct a house but ever since I received this money, I laid down my plans on how to build a permanent house.

When my phone rang, I did not know how to check my account balance. My son came to me and said people are ululating from outside and he said, I think GiveDirectly could have sent money so he checked my phone and to our surprise there was money in the phone. I became so happy and I ululated too like my community members. I never stopped on ululating I did thank God for the wonderful opportunity he brought to my life. I and my children started imagining how this money will transform our livelihood.

I spent my transfer on buying construction materials like Iron sheets, sand and bricks which I used ugx 1400000. I paid school fees of Ugx 100000, I used ugx 50000 for buying food and household supplies like soap and I saved Ugx 150000 for buying seeds and hire farm land.