My life is different than it would have been if I never received this money in that l finally completed paying a piece of land which I have yearned to buy for a while now . Before,my mother in law offered us a small piece of land when we did not have a place to put our heads.This money came at the right time because my husband who is a caretaker and I were already struggling to provide for my family's day to day needs as well as raising money to buy a piece of land because their was a need to expand it to have space where we could build a house for our children to sleep in since they are now grown up and they need a separate place to sleep as the customs states. I am happy and peaceful since that the transfer has lifted this burden at long last.

GiveDirectly did well by assisting the poor in my village with money that is non refundable . This amount helped us to acquire things we lacked the most . Additionally, sending money through GD issued SIMs was beneficial as it mitigated fraud cases and loss of the recipients transfers.

At the moment I am legalizing a piece of land that I bought with the second transfer. Having purchased this piece of land which seemed like non achievable goal because my husband who is a caretaker and a breadwinner. His income has always been enough to cater for the household needs only. I am so happy because there is a tremendous change in my living standard since I have enlarged my compound.

It had always been my dream to own a cow but I had not been able to achieve this due to financial constraints. Apart from the milk that I will be getting from this cow, my family will also have respect that everyone owning it in our community is given as it is an asset that is highly valued. Even though I still buy milk at the moment, I believe that this will end soon when it reproduces.

It was around 4 am when I decided to power on my phone as I had switched off before going to bed. After inputting my sim pin, I immediately received two message notification and upon checking its contents, I realized that GiveDirectly had finally honored their promise. My heart was instantly filled with happiness as I knew that I would be able to achieve so many things using this money.

It has always been my prayer to own a dairy cow so that it would relieve me of the cost of buying milk daily. Due to this, I decided to buy a dairy cow using part of my recent transfer. When it reproduces, my family will always get milk for their consumption and also sell some to earn an income. Also, I bought some chicken as a way of starting a poultry keeping project. I will be selling some of the eggs and use the money to buy some basic needs for my family. I used the remaining amount to buy some clothes, utensils, two sacks of maize flour and other foodstuffs for my family.