My life is different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I could not have managed to build a spacious house or take my child to college on time. I have a sugar plantation that I normally depend on but I had to wait for the plants to mature so as to get money from its sales which could have taken a long time to accomplish my goals. Seeing my children pursuing their education makes me a happy mother. The fact that I know that they will not be sent home due to fee arrears for some time has given me peace of mind since I had paid for other terms too.

I love the fact that GiveDirectly uplifted our living standards. The money was unconditional. The best part of it is that it was not a loan that could be repayable. This enabled us to have the confidence to work on our long term projects without panicking.

I spent part of my transfer on building a house. I used to live in a tiny house which was old. This is the house which my late husband had built many years ago. Today I feel happy living in my dream spacious house. I also paid school fees for my two children in college and high school respectively. I had been thinking on how to pay their school fee and being that I was depending on my sugarcane produce to mature up, I was worried of the timing but I am glad that GiveDirectly money came in handy. Apart from that, I also bought a dairy cow for milk production. I am happy because the previous ones died and I had to buy milk from my neighbors which was expensive.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a nice better house. Something that I never knew could come that early.

The moment I received money from GiveDirectly, I was so happy. I have never handled that kind of amount before.

I spent my first transfer on buying building materials that I am using to build a new better house like the one I used to stay in was not in a very good condition. Some part of the money I spent on buying a cow for rearing and leasing a piece of land where I since grown sugarcane.