"Having my own house has made m life to be very different and I can proudly mention. My previous house was just a small hut with some old roofing which was so leaky. During the winter seasons, I was always seeking shelter from friends who had the mercy to host me. But then I was not comfortable because their houses were also small. There are times I decided to stay in my hut even when it rains and I was always attacked with pneumonia because of the cold nights. This problem is now sorted out because I am now sleeping comfortably under a semi-permanent house which is iron roofed. I am now happy together with my family, I don't have to worry about the rain anymore. Courtesy to GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the assets that I was able to buy with this transfer. I do not take it for granted that I have been able to actualize my dream of buying goats that had always puzzled me. These goats are very essential to me since I will be able to sell them once they mature and easily raise school fees for my children. This is an assurance that my children will have the best education uninterrupted like I have always desired them to have. I am looking forward to seeing them join secondary and perform well in their studies as well. I feel so much indebted to GiveDirectly for this timely support."

"My life has changed as compared to how it was before. This is because I am now able to purchase new clothes for my family, we have never lacked what to eat as we did before the transfers were sent, I have managed to finance the construction of our family house and with the balance that remained, I revived my donut business which I hope will be a source of revenue to our household."

"My life is now so different because I managed to clear school fees for my sons. This has been my greatest worry and problem because I did not get a chance to go to school and My wish was to see my children getting a good education. It is now my pleasure that they are all in school and they are studying without any disturbances. I am so assured that their future shall be bright and their coming generation. Had it not Givedirectly coming to my village, I would not have cleared their fees anytime soon. I am so thankful to GiveDirectly."

"The biggest hardship in my life is the lack of a good source of income to cater to my daily basic needs. I am an elderly woman who can not even work and I always depend on my grandchild who is doing casual job within the village."

"My desire has been to clear my children's school fees arrears but due to the financial crisis, I have never achieved this. I have 2 children who finished high school in 2017 but they have not received their certificates because I am yet to clear the balance of the fee. I am planning to spend $ 400 on the transfer to clear the balances. I will use the extra $700 to take them to vocational colleges to pursue mechanical courses that will create opportunities for them to be employed something that will make them independent."

"It is very difficult to engage in an income generating activity because there is no start up capital. This has been a challenge for a long period of time and I relied on crop farming which is unpredictable because some times the yields are poor due to drought or floods. '"

"My biggest hardship is diffiulty in cultivating crops on time. This is due to the lack of oxen for ploughing since oxen are available for hire late in the season."

"The biggest harshio in my household is limited financial support due to many children who are of school going age. Besides, I renovate my grass thatched house on yearly basis which robs me off he little savings I had."

"Having my own dairy cows and goats has made my life to be so different in various ways. First I will be getting milk for free which will be for my family consumption, this will make them be healthier unlike before whereby they were malnutrition because they could not get enough proteins. Apart from that the remaining liters I will be supplying to my neighbors and the local markets and I believe this will improve my living standard. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, In used to buy milk from my neighbors which were costly and sometimes I could not afford it. With the goats, I will start a business of selling the offsprings once they mature and through that I will no longer struggle like before in paying school fees for my children. If it were not for GD coming to my life I would not have achieved all this."