With the current standard of living in our household, I am glad that there are quite great differences registered which would not have been there without the transfer. It was a breakthrough over many milestones. I managed to complete the construction which had been on a halt for one full year, paid school fees which relieved me of the great pressure I had over the few sources of income I had and gave me a chance o plan ahead as I have some time to figure out how I will maintain the current projects.

With all that has happened in the past few months after receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly, I have never run short of good words to describe the generosity I saw. This was the best gift ever which enabled me to not only clear the debts I had but also invest in new ideas I had. This was one well-executed project with which even though it came from completely new faces, GiveDirectly is currently part of every family within our village. It has been my feeling this generosity would have gone further to ensure that every started project is completed as our projections seem to have been bigger than the amount received. gibveDirectly would have done this well by looking at our plans versus the budgets and advise appropriately.

After starting the construction of a three-room house with the first transfer, I put it on a halt after allocating part of the transfer to other projects. The second transfer enabled me to finish it up after purchasing plain sheets used on the outside walls, furnishing floors, and also completing the roof. I spent 15000KES of the remaining amount on paying school fees for my child currently in secondary school, added a brood of chicks that have now grown, multiplied enabling me to sell part of it, and obtained a Dorper sheep.

It was in the morning and I was at home when I saw the SMS on my phone saying that I had received the transfer from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and I immediately informed my wife of the good news. She was so happy too, we saw the things that we have always wanted to do coming to pass and we thanked God for that.

There is going to be a difference in our lives after receiving the transfer. I will be able to complete cementing the floor of the house and hence we will no longer be feeling the dust. We will now be able to stay comfortably in the house free of fleas. Also, having completed paying the college fees of my child, I am now confident that he will be able to sit for his final exam, and hence he will be happy and no longer feeling frustrated. Thank you GiveDirectly for coming up with this noble program of helping the needy. May God bless you so that you may continue helping other people.

This money has helped me in several ways. It has enabled me to buy stones and cement that are being used in cementing the floor of my house that I had not completed building it. I also used part of the money, to clear college fees for my child who is about to do his final exams. I had paid half of the money and I had lacked the rest to clear his school fees. I plan to buy a calf with the money that will remain after the house construction is done. My family and I have been living in the unfinished house for so long and it has been uncomfortable due to the dusty floor that had started bringing in fleas. I wanted to cement the floor but due to lack of enough money, I was not able to. Most of the money that I have been getting, I have been using in payment of my children’s school fees.