"The house I live in with my aunt needed repairs, and that was my biggest accomplishment this year. Large cracks have begun to form on the mud walls as a result of the weakening of the poles. This alone is sufficient evidence that the house needs to be renovated as soon as possible. Around the two-room house, I want to erect stone walls and pillars. This will strengthen it and make it habitation-safe."

"i was working in the fields when I heard my phone message alert tone ring. A few moments later, we could hear screams of joy all over the place snd that is how I knew we had received our first transfer. I waited and withdrew my money a day after. Mobile Money agents had been alerted that our village had received GD transfers and they were quick to come in our respective homes for the withdrawal. I was home with my 3 kids when the agent withdrew the money. He was very kind to help me count the money before departing. I bought land from a family member who was selling it, I bought a mattress, school uniform for my children and food."

"When I received the first half of the transfer, I bought some land for 200 $, a mattress worth 30 $, clothes for me and my child worth 25 $ and food that cost 16 $. I had always dreamed of having my own land. I plan on growing crops on that field and selling those crops for money."

"I used to work in someone else's fields 6 days in a week for just 1 $ per day. I could not think about doing and accomplishing new things because my children and I had to survive with my 1 $ daily salary. Everything is different now; I work 2 or 3 days in someone else's field and I work my own land the remaining of the week. I can see great improvement, better outcome and a brighter future all thanks to GD. I also have to mention I am now able to at least buy a t-shirt for my kids if they ask for one and the whole family eats better since we received our first transfer."

"My life was hard before receiving my first GD transfer. We struggled finding something to eat and everyday was a routine of us trying to survive. All thanks to GD, I now have my own cow for manure and hopefully some milk later, my children went back to school and I was able to buy food."

"I would say the GD transfer came in very handy. GD transfer helped me get a new roof for my house, lighten up my house, buy food and save up some money which I think will be very useful for the projects my husband are planning to undertake."

"I was living in poverty and cultivating some land I had bought with a bank loan. I did not know how I'd be able to pay the loan. Upon receiving my first transfer, I paid the bank loan and have enough money to take care of my family for now and think about the projects that I want to do."

"I lived in extreme poverty before receiving my first GD transfer. I used to rent a land where I grew crops for a living. That was my only source of income and food which was sometimes not reliable. Everything changed when I received the first transfer transfer as I was able to buy food and planning to buy my own land. With my GD transfer, I am able to think other sources of income to sustain my family in the future."

"I was home with my husband when I received the SMS. I checked and noticed that I had received my first transfer. I was very happy and I immediately called a MoMo agent that lives near our house. The thing I had in mind at that time was to buy the cultivating field I used to rent and work for a living. I bought that land and some other home appliances that I needed, I thank GD everyday because without this transfer I would not have been able to get all that."

"I was very poor before receiving this transfer. I couldn't mentalize myself being able to afford a cow. This is now possible and I am able to think of other projects too thanks to GD."