I have been able to have new goals and even dreams that seemed like just dreams come into fruition thanks to this project. One of my goals was to build a home for my family and me. The one we lived in was too small for us but now we are comfortable. I have also been able to buy clothes and food, these are basic things that have been a struggle to provide by myself but with this money, it has been as easy as breathing air.

I think Give directly does no wrong as they have helped me by enrolling me in this project and changing my life because I would not have grown financially without it.

My most recent transfer was spent on my daily needs because I have already been able to build a home for my family and so I could budget for other things. My children who have not had a stable education with being sent home every single no the due to school fees. I was able to spend KES.6000 on three children. I was also able to spend KES.4000 on their clothes ranging from somewhere to uniforms. The rest of the money summing up to KES.43150 was on water and food as we are in a famine and water is scarce leading to buying from traders. I thank Give directly for this opportunity.

It was about 10 am when I was in my house preparing breakfast for the family. I heard 2 consecutive message notifications on my phone, I was anxious to know the content of the messages and I abandoned what I was doing to check them. I could not believe what saw, It was the Mpesa message indicating that I have received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy and I had to call my spouse to travel back home from Mombasa where he went to look for casual jobs.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now living in a spacious iron roofed house with my family something that has restored the joy in my life. Besides, I am sleeping comfortable using proper modern beddings. Previously, my house was small and old. I had to seek a space to shelter guests in my neighbour's house whenever I received them. I am now confident that I will no longer have to worry wherever I get visitors.

Owning a spacious shelter for my family has always been my desire in my life. This is because my house was small and old. I had to seek a space to shelter guests in my neighbour's house whenever I received visitors something that lowered confidence. After receiving my transfer I spent 35,000 to build a modern two-roomed iron sheets house for my family. Similarly, I bought proper beddings, initially, I was using an old, small mattress which was not enough for me and my kids. Furthermore, I spent 3500 to clear the fees arrears for the children who are in lower primary. In addition, I bought new school uniforms for them this is because they were wearing worn-out ones and I was very ashamed whenever I escorted them to school.