I have a new house which I built with part of my GD transfers. Without the transfers, I would still be living in a grass thatched house with a leaking roof. At least now I am comfortable inviting my friend and church mates to come visiting me. I have a new and decent house with new house household items such as seats which I did not have before. thanks to GD.

The surveys which were conducted before the transfers was the best move to select the people for the transfers. There is nothing GD could have done better.

I spent my transfer in investing in livestock by buying two cows and five goats as an investment for the transfers. Livestock is a source of wealth and can even sell to raise money. I also paid school fees arrears for my children who have been constantly sent home for fees arrears. I am glad they have never been sent home again because of the transfers.

I have been longing to have a permanent house for so many years but I could not afford to construct one. This is because the income I was getting from my casual jobs was very little. Being a single parent, I was responsible for all the basic needs of my family. After receiving my first transfer, my priority was to build a decent house. I thank God because I managed to construct one and this is the biggest difference in my daily life I can proudly talk about so far. Previously, we used to sleep under a very small hut which was leaking during the rainy seasons. I was never at peace with my children especially when they want to do their school assignments at night. I am now glad since the situation is different now since they can do their assignments and sleep peacefully without any difficulties.

It was around 3 am when I heard my phone ringing. When I checked what the message was all about, I realized it was an M-Pesa message from GiveDirectly indicating that they had debited my first transfer on my account. I was very happy at that moment and could not explain this joy because I would soon build a permanent house after many years of living in a grass-thatched hut.

I spent part of my first transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in college. Previously he used to stay at home since I am a single parent. I had to struggle very hard for him to get back to college. Also, I bought some building materials at KES 14000 like iron sheets 16 pieces of iron sheets, 30 building poles, timber, some nails and paid the mason his full cost for the construction process. I wanted to construct a new decent house since my previous house was leaking because its roof was grass thatched which and very old. Furthermore, it could not accommodate all my family members comfortably as it was small. I used the remaining amount of money to buy two goats so that I can start rearing them as my assets.