My life has transformed in a way because I have been able to pay school fees for my son without struggling like I used to do. Apart from that, I would say that I am now able to pump water for my neighbors and be the main supplier at the village. I am planning to use the water to carry out agricultural activities and probably be able to make some money from being a large scale farmer.

In my opinion, I believe that the organization helps people to transform their lives and even get out of their poverty situation. For me, I bought a new generator which I currently use to pump water from the borehole which I drilled just within my compound. The main reason for having this borehole is to be able to get enough water for my family's consumption as well as using it for agricultural purposes. Apart from that, I will be selling the water to my neighbors at an affordable price because most of them have to walk long distances in search of the rare commodity.

I spent the money on buying a water pumping generator plus the entire piping system. My child was also able to go to school after I had paid all the school fees in good time thereby allowing him to have an easy time going to school without any major interference due to school fees arrears. Apart from that, I decided to buy a few pieces of iron sheets which I intend to use to build a new house in the near future because the house I currently live in is too small and is in such a dilapidated state.

Through the GiveDirectly transfer, I was able to purchase a power generator so as to help me in pumping enough water for watering my plants. I was previously using buckets and my bicycle to carry water which was tiresome and time-consuming. With the generator, watering will be easy and time-saving. To me, this is the biggest difference I have experienced so far in my life.

I received the transfer notification from GiveDirectly around 6 o'clock in the morning as I was attending to my irrigation project which I water my plants daily. On checking to confirm the sender, I could not hold my happiness for the message informed me that I had received the first transfer that I had anxiously been waiting for. This money gave me hope that I would soon boost my project by purchasing a power generator to pump water instead of using buckets.

I have been carrying out an irrigation project since last year in which I plant different kinds of vegetables and fruits which I normally sell to our nearest market and to my neighbours. However, this has been tiresome to me for I was using my bicycle to fetch water and buckets for watering my plants. Due to this challenge, I spent part of my transfer to purchase a power generator to help me in pumping a lot of water to my plants and saving time and energy. My project is now thriving very well and I am expecting to earn good money from my daily sales. The roof of my house was old and not stable enough to withstand strong winds and worse still it leaking thus I bought enough iron sheets and nails so as to renovate it. I am Happy that I will be sheltering comfortable once I finish with the renovation.