The biggest difference in my life is the fact that I now have a dairy cow. I had initially built a zero-grazing unit in preparation to buy a better hybrid cow. My hope is to improve the proceeds from livestock farming from the sale of milk. I am also happy that I will be living in a clean and decent house. I feel that our lifestyle as a family has improved, thanks to Give Directly.

I woke up just like any other morning and on checking my phone, there was a message notification showing that I had received some transfer from Give Directly. I was elated about the news and immediately went into putting my plans to action.

I spent the first transfer received from Give Directly to build a new semi-permanent house. I have been living in a grass-thatched hut for a while and having lost my spouse awhile ago, my children are now the ones doing the maintenance. Maintaining a mud house is quite labor-intensive hence my decision to build an improved house. I used the rest of the transfer to buy a dairy cow for rearing to add to the few that I currently have. I also updated my insurance after going awhile without remitting my monthly premiums. I also gave a tithe of the transfer to the church.