The first goal was to complete my modern bricks house that I had started to build with the money from my first transfer because being a widow and childless, as well as with the advancing age, I wanted to have a better and stronger house that even when I won't be able to actively work still I will be having a place to relax that is very comfortable and nice. However, the new goal that I did not have before receiving this transfer is getting a storage tank which is to help me store water since I have no one to fetch water for me.

GiveDirectly is doing everything well and I cannot see anything that it does not do well. I am so grateful for the relief it gave to me.

Completing and furnishing the house is what I spent most of my transfer on. This is because, I am a widow and without children, so I known there is no one whom I can depend or count on to build me the house I desire. Therefore, when I got this money, I made sure I use the largest part to complete and furnish the house. This makes me so happy and settled. However, I kept aside the remaining part of the transfer to get a storage tank to keep water because there is no one to fetch me water and still hiring the services of a motorcycle taxi is very expensive, getting this tank will be a sustainable longterm solution to that.

I learned that I had received my forst transfer at around 8 in the morning when I was from the dam. I was excited beasue I knew God had finally heard my cry and sent GiveDirectly into my life. I was also certain all the suffering and sorrows I have been through have come to an end. Later on, I shared the good news with my other family members and started calculating and thinking of the most appropriate projects .

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I own a permanent well-plastered iron-roofed house. The previous one was wasn't in very good condition, it was a temporary hut that had started leaking excessively. I had a dream of renovating it but this was not achievable because I am an old barren widow with no job. My spouse passed on ten years ago, and my inlaws started mistreating me immediately after he died. They took away everything I had inherited from my husband that's why I decided to return to my father's home. One of my siblings sympathized with me and constructed a temporary hut for me. My life has been full of sorrows and pains. I also had to depend on my brothers for my daily needs although I could at times sleep hungry since they didn't have stable jobs as well. On the other hand, getting a better house was like a dream. Despite all these, I was still hopeful that someday I will have a better house. The fact that GiveDirectly came into my life still feels like a dream to me, I always feel I was the main reason why the organization came to our village after all I had gone through. Nowadays, I am even happier and healthier because I no longer have to move from one compound to the other to look for shelter, especially during the rainy seasons. For the many years, I have lived in this world, I consider this as the best gift I have ever received in my life.

For the last ten years, I have been sheltering under a small hut and my dream was to upgrade to a better shelter. This is because its roof was old and anytime it would collapse. Therefore after receiving my first transfer, I bought some building materials which include iron sheets, building poles, ten bags of cement, timber, and nails at a total of KES 27550 to facilitate this. Also, I gave the mason KES 25000 as his labour charge. To add to that, I later saved KES 1000 to my account and this will be of help in case an emergency arises. Lastly, with the remaining amount, I purchased foodstuffs like maize flour, sugar, beans among others.