Now I have two dairy cows and an ox that I now own has really transformed my life in a big way. I got some milk for sale which can enable me to cater to my daily expenditure, the remaining few litres are for my family's consumption, my children are now healthier than when I used to depend on casual jobs for a living. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for coming into my village. Being among the beneficiaries makes all the difference.

Give Directly changed my community through unconditional transfers which empowered us to change our living standards.

I majorly depend on subsistence farming to support my family. When I received the second transfer, I took part of it to buy livestock. I bought a lactating dairy cow and an ox. I use to spent a lot on buying milk for use at home. Now I have milk for both household consumption and sales and I got to save the income for supporting my children in school. Also, I used some amount to buy some food for the family since I had little food left for the family.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk and it was so costly for me. I do casual jobs in the village which gives me very little income that is hardly enough to meet the cost of the basic household needs for my family. At times, we could not meet the cost of buying milk and even end up not having break fast for that day. I have started a small business of buying and selling hens in the village and with the profits, I have been able to meet the cost of buying milk and other basic household needs. We currently have enough milk for consumption within the household and even surplus production that can always be sold to meet other needs of the family like paying school fees. We are so grateful to GiveDirectly for the support that they have given us since it has really changed my life and that of my family a lot.

The moment I received my money I felt so happy. It was very early in the morning when I received a call from my neighbor informing me that he had received the money and immediately when the call was disconnected I checked my phone and I had just received money too from GiveDirectly. I had never received such amount of money before and I felt so happy because I knew from that point that I was finally going to buy a dairy cow and cut the cost of buying milk going forward.

I spent my first transfer on buying food for the family, clothes, and utensils. I used the remaining amount to buy a dairy cow and improved hybrid seeds for planting this season.