In the next one year and beyond my goal is to put up a semi dairy unit. This will help me improve my dairy keeping project and subsequently increase my living standards and that of my family. Currently I have three dairy cows but I feel they are not well taken care of. Getting a place where they can feed well and have some decent shelter shall give make this livestock keeping project more viable. I look forward to having it ready within the next one year.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by enrolling everyone within the village and doing so without any form of bias whatsoever. With this money, I have been able to take my children to a private school where they have accessed quality education. I feel so much happy and lucky to have been part of this program and I hope to achieve much more going forward

For the last two years, I have been using the little money that I get to put up a better house for my family. I started by using the transfer to make bricks and later used the monthly transfers to sort out casuals helping to put up the building. I am so glad that the building is almost complete and that we will now be moving in with my family. Living in a mud walled house will be history for us and I will attribute this success to GiveDirectly transfers. I was inspired by a friend who channelled all his transfers towards putting up a better house.

In the coming year, I hope to accomplish a lot more with GiveDirectly transfers. My house construction is at roofing stage already and my determination is to see to it that I bring it to completion before the year ends. I plan to use the transfers that I get from GiveDirectly and the proceeds from my dairy farming and another small business that I run to make this a reality. My greatest joy shall be on the day that I will be moving into my new house with my three children. This, I see it happening between the month of June and July this year. My monthly transfers shall be particularly helpful in paying the casuals that helps us in putting up the house.

In my opinion, GiveDirectly does very well by giving out the money without giving conditions on how one should use the money. The freedom that comes with this has enabled us achieve a lot together. Looking at my village and how people have come together in groups to accomplish great things is just so satisfying. The fact that we were all treated equally and given equal amounts monthly is another positive thing to note about GiveDirectly. People in my village are more united than they have ever been before and this unity has been brought about by GiveDirectly transfers. On the other hand, I do not find anything with GiveDirectly that I think could have been done better. Everything was done well and they should continue with the same spirit.

Over the last one month, I have been very busy putting up a new structure for my family. I am building a two bedroom house for my family. I was inspired to start this when GiveDirectly topped up our monthly transfers. I started by using the money to make bricks almost four months a go. I also do dairy keeping and the money that I get added onto what I get from GiveDirectly have been very helpful to me. I used my most recent transfer of $29 to pay for casuals who are working on the building. The construction work is progressing very well and I cannot wait to move in with my family. I wanted something that I will look at and say GiveDirectly helped me to establish after the twelve year period elapses. Currently, my three children and I are staying in a mud walled house and this investment shall change our living standards for the better. I also receive support from my wife who runs a shop. We are so grateful to GiveDirectly for the support that we have received so far. Initially, we could channel all our transfers towards buying clothes, food and other commodities that would not last long. There is a huge shift by many people towards tangible investments that are also life changing. This happened especially after the amount of monthly transfers were increased.