My life is currently different because we have a new house and a cow courtesy of GiveDirectly. We did not have these prior to GD, now we do and we are grateful. There are numerous GiveDirectly cows in our village. Almost every homestead has a cow because they bought cows using their funds from GD. Cows lately fill rivers in our village when people take them for watering. Initially they were countable.

In my view, GiveDirectly does well by fulfilling the promise they gave us. They promised to send us cash directly. They did exactly that and we are grateful. I do not see something that GD does not do well.

I used the second transfer that I received from GiveDirectly to plaster the house that I had used the first transfer to build. We had been living in a thatched earthen one and we felt we needed a better one. We are now doing the finishes soon to live in. A semi-permanent structure with plastered floor and stone walls. We also bought food that will last us for a while because we needed it.

The biggest difference in my life is that I made a huge step in my life to build a wooden wall house.It is so beautiful and makes me so happy.

I was the first one to receive this money among all the recipients I knew.I think I was the first in my all village.I was feeling unwell and just sleeping and bored but the news of receiving this transfer got me on my feet.I immediately felt good and began to plan and spend the money for my family.

I spent my first transfer to build a house.I build a wooden walled house using timber that I bought. I also bought roofing sheets and nails.I then bought food and clothes for my family.