Owning to a permanent house is the biggest difference in my daily life so far. Previously, I used to sleep under a small muddy hut which was ever leaking whenever it could not rain. The walls had holes all over and I was always attacked by some harmful insects especially at night. This was really stressing me as a parent. My children also could not do their school assignments at night because the house was small. They had to study at their grandmother's house which they were still not comfortable with. We are now happy and safer because we are sleeping under a semi-permanent iron-roofed house which is also well plastered.

I was awakened by the loud vibration from my phone at around 5 am. I was a bit shocked, but then I decided to check who had sent the message at such an hour. I realized it was an mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was so happy I wish you could see how I reacted.

Since I have been longing to sleep under my own house, I spent a larger portion of my first transfer on buying some building material such as iron sheets, building poles, nails, and some timber. My previous house was in a poor condition it was almost falling. I also cleared some hospital bills because I had been ill and hopeless for long. I later bought some new clothes for my children since their old ones were old. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family.