My skin now looks good having having bought some smearing oil that I am using. My dressing has completely changed, when I put on my new clothes people struggle to recognise me because I look different. My family members now sleep well in an iron roofed house, on a bed and mattress. Previously, my life was miserable because I could not afford many things that I desired like clothes, food, school uniforms and fees.

GiveDirectly did well to give me and other members of my community an opportunity to benefit from the cash program. There is nothing GiveDirectly has done bad.

I used my second transfer for buying 14 iron sheets, timber, cement, a door, ventilators and for paying labour to construct an iron roofed house for my self.

My daily life has greatly changed in that I was able to buy a bed, three mattresses, four pairs of bed sheets, and a blanket that my family and I comfortably sleep on now as compared to before when we used mats for beds. My health and that of my family have improved as well since I can now afford a proper and healthy meal, proper clothing and general care. In the past, this was all a dream as we most of the days went without food, and had improper clothing because it was very difficult to raise money from just the casual labor we did as a family.

The moment I received my money, I felt so happy that I made joyous noise, danced and jumped around that I could not get back to sleep until morning.

I spent my first transfer to buy some building materials such as iron sheets, cement, nails, sand, and bricks that plan to use for building when I get my next transfer. I then bought some house hold items like utensils, a bed, a mattress, bed sheets, a blanket and food that I used to feed my family. I also bought school uniform and paid fees for my four children.