"The biggest hardship I've faced in my life is fending for all the children I look after and we don't always have enough food and money to feed all the children and send them to school."

"I am overjoyed to be receiving this money because it means we can fix our roof because during the rainy season we'd experience alot of leaking from the heavy rains. It also means I can help my family by paying for the childrens fees, buying food for the household as well as investing some money in a small scale business"

"I had just woken up in the morning and I was busy lighting up the fire in order to prepare breakfast for my family when I heard the SMS notification on my phone. I decided to check it and I could not believe my eyes when I saw the message saying that I had received the 55000/= transfer from GiveDirectly just as promised. I was filled with a lot of happiness and I went to inform the rest of my family members who were still asleep. They were so happy to hear this that they got up from their beds to celebrate. We gave lots of thanks to GiveDirectly for what they had done to us."

"This transfer has transformed our lives. Having paid the college fees for my son, I no longer have thoughts on where I am going to get money to do that. I feel much better like a heavy load has been taken off my shoulder. The transfer also enabled us to buy the two calves, which has been the investment that we have always wanted. We will take care of the two calves and when they grow and reproduce, we will be able to get milk that our children can consume and we can sell some. The money from milk sales will help us with other important things. Also, with time when these calves have grown, they will multiply in number and we can sell some of the offsprings and invest the money on other things."

"The transfer from GiveDirectly has been of great help to us. We were able to complete the construction of a house that we had started building. We were also able to buy two bags of maize that will serve as food for the family, bought two goats that we wanted to rear, and I invested some of the money in my business of selling clothes. We still have a little bit of the money remaining that we plan to use on buying a calf. We decided to settle on doing the above because these are the things that we have always wanted to do and we needed them the most. We have however not been able to because they require a large sum of money that we did not have. The money that we have been getting from the business has mostly been going to the purchase of food for the family."

"The money from GiveDirectly has positively changed our lives. Having finished constructing the house where my boys can sleep in, I no longer have worries about where I will get the money to do so since this is what I have always wanted to do. My boys are very happy about the house because they will no longer have to go look for a place to spend the night. My house is currently under construction and when it gets completed, we will be able to have enough space that can even accommodate guests visiting the household. I will use the other small house that I have been living in as my kitchen. Thank you GiveDirectly for this great support. May God bless you abundantly."

"The transfer has helped me in a great way. I sold two cows that I had and added to the money that I got from GiveDirectly and I bought a piece of land with it. I have always wanted to have a land of my own but due to financial constraints, I have not been in a position to do so. I wanted the piece of land because my cows do not have a place to graze and also because the population in our area has grown a lot. We usually tie them up on the small piece of land that we have for them to graze, and at times, we graze them along the road. With this piece of land, we will also be able to plant a few crops and grass for feeding the cows. We might even eventually settle there in the future. I wanted to sell the cows and buy the piece of land but I saw that the money was not going to be enough for me to buy the size of land that I wanted. It was only going to be enough to buy one point and yet I wanted four points so that it can be enough for me to till it and for the cows to graze. I appreciate GiveDirectly for enabling me to achieve my dreams."

"It was early in the morning and we were still asleep when I heard an SMS notification on my phone. I checked it and I could not believe what I was seeing. The message was saying that I had received my first transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and I immediately informed my wife of the good news. She was so happy too and we woke up to celebrate with our children. We said thank you to God and GiveDirectly because we knew we were going to fulfill what we have always wanted to do."

"The money from GiveDirectly is going to bring a big difference in our lives. Having bought the cow, I will thus no longer have to buy milk. We will have enough milk for our consumption and that for sale. The money from the sale of milk will help us in buying other things such as food. The barbed wire that we bought is going to enable us to fence our land and hence the cow will not move to other people’s lands. This will thus help me in avoiding any disagreements between me and the neighbors. The money from the group contribution will help us with other things since we are going to save it up after buying the cow with the transfer."

"It was around six thirty four while still asleep when I heard a message ring but ignored and kept on sleeping. It was only after receiving a call from a neighbor asking whether I had received the money that I checked my SMS and confirmed to have received it. I was very excited, immediately woke up and relayed the news to my kids and they were all excited. While going to MoMo agent I was very cautious because there are many conmen in our place."