"My life has greatly changed and it is currently different after receiving my transfers since I have built a decent spacious house. I now live in a decent iron-roofed house which has boosted my self-esteem in society and given me better comfort. This is a dream that I could not have fulfilled at my own cost. I feel it dawned at an older age. I had for long wished to live in a decent house but my overwhelming family needs never gave me a chance to build one. My house got older and older thus started cracking and weak a situation that was becoming uncomfortable for me. With my age, I lost hope of building a decent house but I thank GiveDirectly since they made it possible for me."

"Running the two businesses has made more financially stable. To me, this is the biggest difference in my daily life. I always wanted to start a business but since I didn't have the required capital due to I was forced to rely on the low paying casual jobs. I am so happy now because the transfer has enabled me to buy a motorcycle and start a business of selling fish. Ever since I started the two businesses I have seen a great transformation in my life. I no longer struggle to pay fees for my children like before. Currently, I am paying I advance to avoid distractions of my kids being sent home. Apart from that, I also don't strain much in meeting my family's needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily is that I have built a decent spacious house. We lived in a small house as a family and our comfort was slowly wearing out because of the size of our house. My children didn't have a good place to carry on their private studies due to a lot of disturbances. My resources are limited thus meeting family daily basic is too overwhelming to remain with some to build a house. Currently, my children have a good place to sleep and to do their private studies without any disturbances. I no longer shy away when I have visitors because I have a decent house and enough space to host them unlike before. I am so much grateful for the support from GiveDirectly because it has greatly changed my family living standards."

"The money that I received from GiveDirectly empowered me to construct my own semi-permanent house. Ever since I got married I have never enjoyed my marriage life because of the condition of the house. I have always been yarning to enjoy the peace of living in a decent house but this was all in vain. The fact that I am a widow I had almost lost hope in life. But then God answered my prayers. I have always been seeking some shelters from relatives during the winter seasons which was so stressful. After constructing the new spacious iron-roofed hoise I feel it has brought the biggest difference in my daily life. I will no longer suffer during the rain seasons courtesy to GiveDirecty."

"I spent part of first transfer on buying some building materials such as building poles, some pieces of iron sheets, timber, nails. This was for propose of renovating the previous one had some grass-thatched roofing which was leaking when it rains. I am also planning to buy a dairy cow which will serve as assets to me. I then hired a tractor to prepare my farm because we are approaching the planting season. The remaining amount I am using it in buying some foodstuffs and some household items that I was lacking."

"I was doing my normal daily chores and preparing my son fr school for school. I asked my son to check who could have sent the message early that morning. After checking, he realizes I had finally received my first transfer which I had been anxiously waiting for. I was so happy and thanking GD for fulfilling their promise."

"Having my own dairy cow makes the biggest difference in my daily life. It has always been my desire to rear them in my homestead but I could not afford to buy them because of my financial status. I believe in the next few months I will be able to get some free milk which I will start selling the milk to the local market and then invest in the money so that I can another project like starting a business. I believe from that point I will have stabilized my income and I will be able to sort out any financial crisis that may occur. Paying school fees for my children will also be much easier."

"I felt happy the moment I saw the transfer notification from GiveDirectly on my phone. I had finally received the money that I have been anxiously waiting for. I couldn't stop thinking about how this money would transform my whole life. I thanked them for fulfilling their promise of giving us the transfer."

"I woke up in the morning and heard people saying that theyhad received money from GiveDirectly. On checking my phone, I had not received any myself. I tried checking severally just to confirm that I had not received the money and when I was just about to call and raise a complaint, then I received my share. I felt so happy. The first thing that I deed upon receiving was to let my wife know and we embarked on planning on how best we were going to spend the money that we had just received."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying some livestock such as two dairy cows. This has been my long time dream but since my income was low, I could not afford it. I later bought a few building materials such as some bags of cement, building poles, sand. This was for the purpose of renovating my house since ut was semi-permanent. I am so glad because all the walls are all well plastered. I alter cleared school fees for my children who have been sent home several times to collect fees. I also started the business of selling some vegetables and I believe the little profits I will be getting, will uplift my living standard. In addition to that, I also bought a small solar panel. Previously I was using some candles which were costly, I am now glad because I will also be charging my mobile phone and those of my neighbors at a fee."