"It was 2pm when I was taking lunch when I heard a message notification and I was hasty to look at that message. We had been waiting eagerly waiting for the transfer as the promised day had passed. When I confirmed that it was the transfer message, I told my wife about it and we both were very happy."

"I feel like I have made a step in life by building a house which is bigger and with an iron roof. It has always been my dream to have a house covered with iron sheet and I will forever be grateful to GiveDirectly for making my dreams come true.."

"I was taking lunch holding my phone and a message popped up. I was very excited to learn it was the transfer that we had been promised by GiveDirectly. My husband who was there with me was also very excited and we thanked God and GiveDirectly."

"My canteen business is doing well as the customers who come to buy from my shop received the transfers and no one is buying on credit. The heifer that I also bought will help me when it calves as I will sell milk and will be able to pay school fees."

"The Covid-19 pandemic had really affected my job as a mason and I was not sure where to get money to pay school fees for my children. Thank you GiveDirectly for coming through for us and now we have a small business as well as many clients since most people are building houses from the transfers they received."

"I built a bigger house since the one I used to live in was smaller. I also bought a public address system since the one I had was co-owned with a friend."

"I spent my transfers to build a bigger and better house for my family and I also bought three goats. We lived in a small house that did not have enough space. I have one child who is two years old and my husband is a security guard. I am a housewife myself and we could never have raised enough money to build a house. I am very grateful to GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to purchase and own my very own piece of land, that I intend to use it to develop rental houses."

"The fact that I managed to renovate my house has really changed my life completely. Previously my house was almost falling because of its bad state. During the winter seasons at night, my children were always suffering from pneumonia due to the cold nights. It was really frustrating me as their parent because I thought I had failed them. The coming of GD had made all these problems come to an end. We are now comfortably sleeping in a better house. Had it not for the GD coming to my village and being among the beneficiaries I don't think if my life would have changed this far."

"I spent part of my first transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in boarding school. Also, I boosted my kiosk business which was almost collapsing. I had utilized mist of the capital and I had no means on how I can revive it. I had thought of taking a loan from the formal financial institutions but I didn't have collateral for the bank loan. Also, I bought some livestock which includes some goats which will serve as the living assets that I can lean on. I am using the remaing amount of money I buying sufficient foodstuffs for my family"