My life is different than it would have been if I would have never received the transfer from GiveDirectly in that, I am now able to till my own pieces of land with the four oxen I bought with the transfer sent to me. In addition, I am able to get some constant earning every time I till other people's pieces of land. Before GiveDirectly gave me money, this was a mere dream that I could not imagine I would be able to achieve in my lifetime.

In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well is giving financial support to the less fortunate people like me which in a great way has changed our lives. However, I have not seen anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I spent my second transfer on buying two oxen since I already had two which I bought when I received the first transfer. I had always desired to have my own oxen for tilling my pieces of land at no fee. Currently, I feel good and less burdened financially because apart from tilling my own pieces of land, I can also be called to till pieces of land for the other people in my village at a cost hence my income has increased. Furthermore, I am always engaged in looking after my newly acquired herd of cattle, unlike before when I could not engage myself in any substantial activity. I also spent the rest of my second transfer in buying three sacks of maize to supplement food stuff for my household for the reason that in the last season, we did not get good harvest to support us.

I am now able to raise my livestock just like the rest of the community members. I will able to sell out some of them in the future just in case I run out of cash anytime in the unforeseeable future.

I was so happy when I received the money from the organization. I knew that finally my dreams would come true.

I used the cash to buy two cows and one goat. Whatever remained out of that cash was used to buy food for the family. I bought the cows in order to be able to get milk from the domestic animals.