My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I am living a better life. Through the aid, I was able to construct a spacious house for the family. Previously, I was living in a small, grass-thatched house that was not enough to fully accommodate all the family members and our properties. In addition, I am able to meet the needs of my family without struggling after starting a small grocery with my transfer where I sale vegetables likes kales.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well for sending unconditional cash transfer direct to our phone. Through the transfer, our living standards has been uplifted in different ways. I was able to construct a better shelter for the family and taking my grandchild to hospital. Furthermore, my children are now learning without being sent home due to lack of fees. I do not see anything that it does not do well.

I spent KES 6000 to purchase a door for my house which I had constructed with my first transfer for safekeeping of my property. I also used KES 5000 to seek medical care for my grandchild who had an accident one day after I received the transfer and had broken his legs. In addition, I used KES 10000 to purchase enough food for the family this is because we are experiencing famine in our area and most of the time we were sleeping without eating. Furthermore, used KES 3,000 to start a small grocery where I am selling kales, on average I earn a profit of KES 350 per day which is enough to meet the daily basic needs like food. I am planning to spend the remaining amount to educate my firstborn child who had completed secondary education and is about to join college next month.

It was around 9 AM when I was from the dam and my neighbors when I heard my phone ringing so loudly. I was so curious and without wasting time I decided to ask one of the relatives to check what the notification was all about. On checking, he realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and started rejoicing with my family members for receiving such a blessing in our lives.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that the money empowered me to construct a new house that I had been longing to own for years but I could not afford. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I used to stay under a very small which was in a very state. Some of its walls were almost collapsing and this made life to be more hectic. During the rainy seasons, I used to seek shelter from friends together with my family members. In addition to that, my children never have ample space for them to do their evening school assignments, which is really their academic performance. However, after constructing the house, it has brought joy in our lives because we no longer worry about the rains and my children now have a special room for their studies at night. This is like a motivation to them and I am certain that it will change their academic performance positively.

I spent part of my first transfer on buying building poles, several pieces of iron sheets, timber, and nails. I opted to purchase all these with an aim of constructing a new house becasue the previous one was very small with a leaky roof. Later on, I used KES 13000 of the money to the masson for the job well done. To add that, I gave my daughter some little amount for her upkeep since she is still a student. With the remaing amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for the family.