My life is different in that I established a home and no longer pay rent as before. The struggle of paying rent is a thing of the past. My status has changed from homelessness to a descent house in my own compound. This has increased the human dignity in me and self-esteem which makes me feel respected. The lost glory has been restored as I can plan for my daily activities without fear of eviction due to fail in paying rent on time.

Givedirectly has used the most efficient and effective way of reaching the poor with the transfers without giving chance to grabbers and fraudsters. People's faces are full of hope and happiness. There is joy in this community as people talk of ideas and best ways of investments unlike before when hunger, suffering and worries was the order of the day. I have not made any observation on want never worked well.

I spent the transfer on starting a small scale businesses of dry fish. Most of the people living in this region like fish and therefore identified this opportunity. This has become my source of income and self a employment as well. I used to offer casual labor services in the sugarcane plantations that was tedious and unpredictable with meager earnings that could not sustain my family's basic needs. I feel so relieved of stress and worries on how to provide for my family.

I was homeless and had nowhere to land on, but God in heaven gave me a helping hand from GiveDirectly and now I have somewhere to call a home. I lived a very miserable life, no husband, no child and nobody to seek help from. Sometimes I could go without a meal, the thing which could not happen now. I have a different life, and I plan to start fish business which I used to do before the death of my only son. Long life to GiveDirectly, long life to Donors!.

I was very happy and a light of hope shined on me. I was home less but this money brought a real home in my heart even before it landed in my hands. I feel very confident now that a life of hope has sprouted in me. I have built my own house, where I shall be buried when I will die.

I used my first transfer to buy building materials for my new house. I was homeless who used to live in a house offered to me by a good Samaritan who is was not even my relative at the market center. My husband died so many years ago and two years later, my son died too. Nobody was ready to give me support but now I have where I call a home.