"I have been looking for money to by iron sheets and other things that I need."

"The money will help me to pay school fees for my children and also buy new iron sheets."

"I depend on casual labour to feed my family, so its really hard to survive."

"In my opinion, Givedirectly has done well in assisting my household. I see a lot of improvement in my life. I now own decent house and livestock like others in the village. The program operation was done well and household that qualified according to the Givedirectly criteria was enrolled in the program."

"I spent $350 of my transfer to build a spacious, modern iron roofed house for my family. I purchased 19 ironsheets, nails, building poles, timber and paid labour charges. This is because the house had before was very small to accommodate my family and our properties. The remaining amount assisted me to educate my 2 children who are still in primary school and purchase food for my family."

"I spent $ 380 of my transfer to purchase 6 acres of land. The portion of land where we have been living and farming for several years was not ours, it belongs to my neighbours who gave us persistent threats since they wanted their land back. The remaining amount assisted me to purchase 10 goats for rearing as my future investment for my family. I will be able to sell them to solve any emergency that may face in the future."

"The major problem that I face is lack of food. I am very old and it is difficult for me to work in my maize field. This makes it hard to harvest enough food for my household."

"Poverty is my biggest hardship."

"This money means so much to me. The first thing Will be to build a house."

"Since most parents cannot afford to build houses for their grown up children, sending them away to sleep in the neighborhood in the village is quite rampant. My ambition is to break this culture and build my son his own house upon receiving money from GiveDirectly, using $200 from my first transfer. When he finds his own privacy, it will boost his esteem and also avoid bad influence from other village boys, thus improve his education. GiveDirectly has fulfilled my very long time wish."