Some of the goals that I have include being able to buy land for my family and build a permanent house for them. I also have a goal of being able to pay school fees for my children comfortably and this will happen when I set up a big shop which I've always wanted to open for a long time. I have some savings set aside that will see me implement my goals

Some of the things GiveDirectly does best is being able to give us the transfers personally for us to choose on how to spend the transfers. Also, for them to reach people of molinga village who mostly had nothing going on for themselves was so thoughtful of them. I haven't seen anything that GiveDirectly should improve on.

I spent my most recent transfers buying building materials for me to complete the construction that I had already started using the first transfer I received. I was able to buy three hundred logs of timber, tiles for my floor, and a ceiling. I am happy I was able to complete my house and I thank Givedirectly for enabling me to do so.

Receiving a confirmation message of the first transfer from GiveDirectly was the happiest moment for me. This was an assurance of the initiation of all the projects we had been planning since I was enrolled in the program. We had made plans earlier to avoid the rush decisions once the transfer is in. My husband was out to his usual work when I received this news and had to forward the message I had received to him. He responded by calling back and promised to be home earlier as we needed to make our final adjustments on the budget before withdrawing the whole amount.

Construction of a semipermanent house is all I have always wished for and just like any other member of my household, I am grateful and consider this the biggest difference in my daily life so far. Even though I have not moved into the new house since the construction is still underway, I am happy that the work is 75 percent done, and the remaining part will be completed in the first week after receiving the second transfer.

I had been living in a mud-walled house with my family of six that was hard to maintain as I had to keep filling the crevices that would otherwise have let insects and cold breezes on the rainy seasons. The roof was already old also and could not have lasted much longer if I had not received the transfer. I was glad to confirm the receipt as we had been planning to initiate the construction of a better house with wooden walls and new iron sheets. By the time I received this transfer, we had already obtained some iron sheets meant for the new house and had to top up to a total of 44 iron sheets enough for the plan we had drawn. I also had to buy trees to cut into timber, purchase nails, spend some on settling the labor charges during transportation, and finally initiate the construction that is currently at its advanced stages. Even though the first transfer could not complete the construction work, I am glad that we are currently working on the interior and hoping that a small part of the second transfer will facilitate the completion and painting of the walls. I am grateful to this far and hope that we will soon be moving into the new house so that we can demolish the old structure that we had been living in.