I plan on going back to school once I have the funds, I am optimistic that I will be able to reach the goal with the little savings that I am accumulating at the moment, I was unable to achieve it with the transfer that I had received because I had to prioritise building a house first.

GiveDirectly does help the less fortunate in our society, especially old people and the physically challenged, they too were treated with respect, The staffs were patient and took all the time that they had in ensuring that the elderly were visited and enrolled, so far I have not witnessed anything that was not done well.

I am married and blessed with one child, upon receiving my initial transfer, I saw the need of building a spacious house for my family that was now growing, this is because the house that I had before was small, I was unable to build a decent house before due to unreliable sources of income, in that I depend on casual jobs to earn a living, thus I used my second transfer in the completion the house, therefore, I used KES 20,000, I then used KES 10,000 in paying school fees for my younger brother, In addition to that I was able to offset a debt of KES 7000, and finally, I bought foodstuffs with the remaining part of the transfer, I am so grateful for the transfer that changed my living standards.

The moment I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy. I remember it was around 9.30 am when I heard a message tone from my phone. I was taking care of my cow. When I checked my phone, I could not believe my eyes because I have never received such amount of money before. I immediately inform my family members and they all celebrated the good news. I immediately went and withdrew the money. I planned on building a better house. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have build a better house. I used to live in a small grass thatched house which could not host all my family members conformable. The house was so old and it was almost falling down. I depend on small scale farming and causal jobs in the village. The amount of money that I used to get from my casual jobs is so small and I was not able to buy the building materials. I was only able to buy the small basic needs. When I received the transfer I bought the building materials and build a better house. Currently I live in a good house and I no longer get shy to welcome victors into my house. I no longer stress up on where to host my relatives whenever they visit me in my house .GiveDirectly has changed my living standard. I am able to harvest clean water from the rain. This were not possible before.

I spent the money I received from GiveDirectly on building a better house. I used to live in a small grass thatched house. The house was so old and almost falling down. I had always wished to build a better house but I didn't had the money. I bought a goat. This is a source of investment. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards.