In the next year, I hope to complete constructing the kitchen for my family of 4. I am currently in the course of completing the main 2 roomed house and hopefully begin the kitchen construction immediately since I also have the material at hand. In addition, I am planning on venturing into the carpentry business by opening up a workshop at the centre. I believe this will be a smooth transition because I already have a power saw machine and I will only have to purchase trees to convert to timber. I will not have to borrow money again to support my family of 4 as I will gladly utilize the profits from this business.

With Givedirectly, lives have changed immensely. People have constructed houses, bought livestock and paid school fees for their children. I am excited that no school-going child is seen at home while their peers are in school. When a child is educated, the whole nation prospers! I am yet to witness this shortly, courtesy of Givedirectly. constructed livestock bought Assisting people is good

When the family land was divided 6months ago, I had to shift to my portion and thus abandon the house we used to live in. Life started afresh as I had to construct another house to accommodate my family of 4. I am happy that the transfers came in handy as I used $340 to put up a 2 roomed structure that we live in currently with my family. In addition, I used $30 to clear school fees for my children for the whole year and now I am not worried about them being sent out of school. For the rest of the transfers, I saved to construct a kitchen as well as purchase trees to continue with my power sawing business that my family depends on.

I was enjoying a cup of tea when I got the text at exactly 4:24 pm. Upon checking what the text entailed, I realized that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was elated with joy knowing it was an assurance I will achieve the goals I had set. I shared the news with my wife and she was equally happy. We had plans of purchasing a dairy cow and seats. It was a relief to us knowing we will get to do as planned.

The biggest difference in my life now is seeing my children look neat, clean, and dressed in decent clothing. That melts my heart. They are mostly happy and excited. This makes me feel content, especially for those milestones I've achieved. I've been able to save cash seeing that I no longer buy milk.

I work at a barber shop on the market day and other days I'm working on my farm. I'm married with two children. Upon receipt of my transfer, I spent $280 on buying a dairy cow to cut the costs of buying milk that was expensive. We use about 2 litres a day and it sells at $1. Previously, I couldn't afford to buy milk because I don't have a stable income. I spent an additional $80 on the purchase of seats that I didn't have and the remaining amount I spent on the purchase of food and clothes. To own a dairy cow is the best thing that's happened to me and I'm grateful for the cash gift that's made me achieve a lot of significance.