The money which I received from GiveDirectly enabled me to build a better house for my family. I am happy that I got a house which is more spacious than that which we had before. My new goal is to buy more pieces of land, I had bought a small portion with some savings which I had made from the sale of farm produce. I plan to buy land so that I can have space for carrying out farming. I had bought 4 sheep and as of now they have reproduced and now they are 7 in number. When they double, I will sell some of them so that I can raise money for buying a piece of land. I am happy that GiveDirectly enabled me to acquire this livestock which over time increased in number.

I couldn't imagine that one day I will be harvesting rainwater in my home because I didn't have enough money to build a house with an iron roof. I am happy that the money which is nononrefundablerom GiveDirectly enabled me to improve my livelihood. GiveDirectly gave us money for free and there was nothing that wasn't done well.

In the second transfer which I received from GiveDirectly, I spent a large portion on buying building materials for completing my house which was under construction. The remaining amount, I spent on buying furniture for my newly constructed house. I am so happy that we have a good shelter and a much more comfortable house to live in. I couldn't afford to build one on my own but GiveDirectly made it possible for me through financial support.

It was almost 4 pm and I was at home with my wife. I was done with the day's work and I was just relaxing taking tea when suddenly my phone rang hence notifying me of a new message. I stopped to check it, and wow! I could not believe my eyes when I saw that I had received KES 55000 in my mobile money account. I was so happy and I shared the good news with my wife who was so happy too when she heard about it. We celebrated together and we thanked God for the blessing.

The biggest difference that the transfer has brought into our lives is that we now have another house that is roofed with iron sheets and a calf of our own. We now have a kitchen and the main house for welcoming guests visiting our household. The calf is going to enable us to have our source of milk in the future when it calves. We thus now see ourselves as being on the same level as the rest of the community members since our lives have changed for the better.

We spent most of the recent transfer, that is, KES 35000 on building another house. We built one that is roofed with iron sheets. We decided to build another one because we only had one grass-thatched house. We wanted there to be the main house and a kitchen so that when guests visit our household, we will have somewhere to welcome them. Other than that, we also bought a calf at KES 15000. We didn't have a cow of our own and it has always been our wish to have one. We hence do not usually have a source of milk. We are usually supplied with some from home. Although we have always wanted to achieve the above before, we were not in a position to due to a lack of money. We do not have stable sources of income. We depend on casual jobs that usually earn us money to buy daily food, that is, most especially maize. With the remaining transfer money, we took KES 3000 which we used in buying a bag of maize for our consumption. Maize has for quite some time not been doing well in our area since it usually gets affected by some disease when planted. We also bought a bed and a table. We are thus grateful to GiveDirectly for supporting us.