Upon completion of my original goal of building a new house, I developed a new plan of buying a new bed and mattress. For the past three years, I had been spending on the floor because my bed got spoilt and I was unable to repair it. I had been occasionally spreading my very old matress on the floor, although it had been a very difficult experience. Severally, I have caught severe cold during raining seasons, but I had to soldier on since there was no way out for me to overcome that problem. Since I acquiered a new bed, I have witnessed a great improvement in my health condition. I have been sleeping more comfortably than before. I highly appreciate GiveDircetly for such an amazing support.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well in enrolling all the recipients in its program without discrimination. It first begins by sensitizing community and informing them on how they work whenever they have identified a community to work with. As a result, they experience smooth operation because the community members are always made aware in advance on what is expecetd from them. In contrast, there is nothing that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I spent my second transfer on buying a solar system worth KES 32,000. Previously, we had been using a lantern as a source of lighting although it had been providing an inadequate lighting system. Since I bought it, I have been having sufficient lighting in all the three rooms within my house. Secondly, my school going children have been able to carry on with their night studies with less straining. Lastly, I spent the the rest of the transfers, KES 2100 on buying food stuffs for my household. By buying food in bulk, whatever I bought have served us to date, a situation that has relieved me from the burden of doing hard casual labour to provide for my family.

It was around 9am when I was just sitting at home meditating where I could go to get something to do so that I earn some money; I received a message in my phone. When I looked at it, it was the first transfer from GiveDirectly. I ululated in happiness since I didn’t expect such a message at my lowest moment.

Initially my life was so poor; I used to work from hand to mouth. Sleeping hungry was not a new thin in my family and it was almost becoming a norm. The house I lived in was like a slam and my children had no good clothes like the other children in the community. Thanks to GiveDirectly for coming through. By their aid, I was able to construct a good house; I also bought good clothes for my children and made a good stock for food.

Since I was living in a small congested house, I decided to construct a spacious house that would make my family and I comfortable. I also bought some clothes for my children both school uniforms and civilian clothes because the ones they had were old and worn out. Thereafter, I saved the remaining amount for the family upkeep because it was a drought season where food and water were very scarce.