My life has totally changed after receiving my transfer from GiveDirectly. When I look back thirteen or so years ago just after my husband passed away it was very challenging to meet my primary and secondary needs. I was living in an old rusty roof that had holes. This would leak when it rained and it was sad that my children who were still young would be rained on mostly when it rained at night. With the responsibility that I had every single day and an income that could barely support my family, it reached a point in life that I was almost losing hope because my hand-tied with limited resources. I will always be grateful to GiveDirectly for gifting me with a shelter that brightens my family and decent life that we have always dreamt of.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly as a whole was very respectful starting with the staffs . I want to acknowledge the fact that the entire community was involved in the enrollment process not leaving out that the participation to the program was voluntary.

I spent my second transfer to buy a solar lamp and now my children can study and do their homework at whatever time they please unlike before when we used traditional system of lighting and affording kerosene on a daily basis was very hard. I bought a steel door , two steel windows . I bought a mattress ,blanket ,music system ,utensil and food for my family's consumption .

The biggest difference in my life is that I am staying in a decent and more spacious house that is not leaking. I do not have worries of being rained on like before. I am also very proud because people used to laugh at my house but now they are shocked how my life has changed. Thanks to Give Directly for changing my life.

The moment I received my transfer I was very excited.

I spent my transfer on buying the iron sheet, nails and polls that I used to build my new house because the one I had the roof was seriously leaking when it rains and it was also too small. I also bought maize for family consumption.