Life could have been very bad because, I could have now developed pneumonia since the house I was in was too cold during the night. I can say am now happy because I even sleep on a bed that I could have not seen in my entire life because of lack of money to buy the bed.

Give directly do well by giving the right person money without passing the money through another person. This makes communication easy between the receiver and the giver more about the money.

I spent my money on building a new house. The house I had was in a bad condition since it had no door. This made me to prioritize building a house good house. I also bought a goat to keep though not for commercial but then to some point, I will sell if they become many and the money will assist me. I also managed to buy a bed for myself and children which I never had. I have a small business for selling porridge and mandazi which I earn $100 a day. This assist me to meet my family's basic needs.

I was wakened up by a loud vibration from my mobile phone and this was an indication that there was a new message. I was a bit nervous and wondered who would send e a message at such an hour. I then decided to check only to realize it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy since I knew the dream of owning a better house shall come true

For all those years I have been living in a small hut with a leaky roof. Whenever it rained it made me sleeping very uncomfortable because pf the holes which were all over the walls and sometimes being attacked by some insects. In addition, my children were often exploded to diseases becasue of the moisture and cold. This was so hectic, apart from that my children who are still students could not do their school assignments becasue the house was not spacious. Therefore the biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I am now living comfortable in a semi-permanent spacious house which is well plastered. I no longer have to worry about the rains and my children can their assignments without ant interferences.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying some building materials such as iron sheets, building poles. timber and nails. This was for the purpose of constructing a new house since the previous one was a small hut which was in bad condition. In addition to that, I paid the labourer KES 15000 as his labour charge. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs, decent clothes and some other household items that I was lacking.