Depending on unpredictable salary is somewhat stressful and mind boggling as well. My PTA teaching job, for example, is unpredictable as I can stay for up to 3 months without pay because the school solely depends on parents who in turn live from hand to mouth, to pay school fees for their children. Therefore, as a family, we hope to venture extensively into cowpeas, maize and green gram farming on the onset of rains to supplement food and earn income for the family of 3. I will be excited that my family will be food secure as well as financially stable.

I wish to thank Givedirectly for the efforts they pulled into uplifting people from poverty through the transfers. I am grateful for the transfers, I have connected water to my compound, constructed a pit latrine and bought assets. To this point, I love the way they work and I do not wish anything to change.

For a long time, because of financial instability, I have been sleeping on a tiny mattress that often affects my back. I am excited that Givedirectly came to my rescue for I used $80 of the transfers to purchase a mattress and now I sleep comfortably. Since my family of 3 depends on farming for a living, I am saddened that the farms have been unproductive for the past season and my family did not have any harvest hence resolving to purchase food using the money my husband earns from casual jobs such as farm cultivation. My PTA teaching job, on the other hand, is unpredictable since I can stay for months without pay as the school depends on the parents who are in the same situation as I am to pay for their children. As a result, I engaged in goat farming to earn extra income for the family through its sales once it breeds. I currently have 5 goats that are under the custody of a relative because I have not yet constructed a loafing shed for them. Therefore, I utilized $100 of the transfers on putting up a structure and now I hope to repossess them. For the rest of the transfers, I saved them as I await the rainy season to revert to maize, cowpeas and green gram farming.

I was at home with my husband the moment I received my transfer. While my husband was relaxing, I was busy with the house core. My phone abruptly began to ring. When I looked into what the message meant, I discovered that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was overcome with joy because I knew I would be able to achieve my objectives. I immediately informed my husband, who was overjoyed and grateful. We then began to plan when to cash out the money in order to put it to good use.

The major difference is that the organization improved my life. This is due to the fact that I no longer walk long distances in search of water. Due to financial constraints, I was unable to raise the funds for the water connection. As a result, saving the money would have taken a long time. Most importantly, we have safe drinking water for our daily needs. I am grateful for the great achievements that I have attained.

My husband is a farmer, and I work as a teacher at a village nursery school. Due to my medical complications, where I was diagnosed with fibroids, I was unable to have children. After receiving my transfer, my husband and I decided to connect tap water to our home to solve our long-standing water problem. This was difficult previously because it required a large sum of money, which we never had due to our unreliable sources of income. As a result, we used $200. Second, we spent $150 on a latrine and the remainder on food. I don't know how to express how grateful I am; our lives have been drastically altered, and we are grateful.