My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have build a house for my children. I depend on small scale farming and the harvest that we get is only for consumption. I did not had an extra income to build a better house. My children used to spend night at the grandmother's house. This was so risky for them since they had to walk to the grandmother's house during the night after taking supper. They were not secured and I was so worried about this. Whenever it rains it was so hectic since they could walk in the cold. This was taking much of their time and they could not complete their assignment on this. This under long run led to poor performance in school. When I received the second transfer I found it wise to build a house for my children. Currently they are so happy and excited to have their own rooms where they can do assignment without any disturbance. They are also not expose to cold. I am no longer worried about them and this has enabled me to have peace of mind to do other chores. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has improved our standard of living and given us hope to continue doing a great work.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by giving money to the poor in the community to build better houses and to buy dairy cows. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.

I spend part of the money I received from GiveDirectly to build a house for my children. They used to live in grandmother house because they had no house to live. I also paid school fees for my children in various schools. This enabled them to improve their performance. The rest of the money I bought clothes and food for the family. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard.

It was around six in the morning while taking breakfast when I heard the phone ring.On checking, I found out that I had received GD transfers and I was overwhelmed with joy. Because I couldn't keep the good news to myself I went ahead and woke up my kids who were still asleep and we all celebrated.

The biggest difference in my daily life is owning a dairy cow. I had desired to buy a dairy cow for the past twenty years but I couldn't afford because the money obtained from my casual would only be spent on feeding my family. The transfers have also enabled me drink more milk than the one I used to buy before. GiveDirectly transfers have also improved my living standards from a tiny grass thatched house to modern spacious semi permanent house. Initially my kids were forced to sleep in their grandparents house because my tiny house which served both as a kitchen and bedroom couldn't accommodate them.

I spent KES 30,000 of my transfer on a dairy cow because it will act as an income source for my family in future.Before, I used to buy a litre of milk each day at a cost of KES 50 for the past twenty years and the journey has not been easy because I used to rely majorly on casual labor. KES 20,000 was spent on a 24 Iron roofed two roomed house because I used live in a grass thatched roof which was very tiny and couldn't accommodate my kids who are now all grown up. I also spent KES 4000 on a maize sack because I used to buy maize meal from my casual labor which most of the time wouldn't be sufficient to feed my family.As we speak my kids are very because there adequate food unlike before when we used to eat from hand to mouth right my kids are very happy. I also spent KES 5000 on latest clothing for my family because initially we used to put on second hand clothes which goes for as low as KES 30 because we couldn't afford the decent ones.