"I looked at the message for a long time because I have never seen or touched that amount of money before. The message alone made me very happy."

"To be honest i don't know how to read so the message came in while my phone was with my helper since i don't know how to use it,when she lead out the message to be i was so excited that i told my helper that we should go and get it right away."

"It was a joyous moment when I received this transfer from GiveDirectly. I and my family have been wearing happy faces since then."

"i used to do piece work in order to find food for my family. sometimes we could sleep on an empty stomach because i could not find food for my family. when i received my transfer i bought enough food for my family and we are eating enough food everyday."

"I was very excited about the transfer received from give directly because I never expect to get such a huge amount of money"

"My life has changed completely because I now have a beautiful house"

"We did not have money to meet our needs like putting cement in our house, building a boy's quarter and buying food so we were very happy for the money"

"A big change include good beddings and I have managed to secure fertilizer which could have been difficult to get."

"I bought ironsheets, I had no food i bought good and also matress"

"I had no house now i see that i will have a good house, i didn't have good beddings for myself and my kids but now we have blankets and matress"