"Had it not for the transfers, I don't think I would have paid all the school fees for our children who are in secondary school and university. Nowadays, they are not sent back like before when we had financial problems. They're are all in school and all their time is utilized in studying. "

"The biggest difference in my life is the ability to acquire a piece of land to upscale my farming practices. The one we were living in was too small which would be one of the attributing factors towards food insecurity in our household. I am happy and hopeful the this land will enable us to cultivate a bigger area hence an increase in food production . On the other had my grandchildren can put up their homestead their in the foreseen future. Therefore, I feel privileged to have this valuable asset which was a dream some few months back."

"Having money to improve my home is the biggest difference in my life. I would not have achieved this goal without GiveDirectly transfers. I used to spend all my money on school fees. I was always left with nothing to start any project. Building a house was not anywhere close to being achieved despite the dire need to construct one. I am grateful to this organization for helping me meet this goal."

"Its been a struggle for me to take care of my family's need with a meager income that can barely support my family's members needs fully which includes selling charcoal that I burn myself after my husband was imprisoned. Seeing my children attending school consistently like the rest of their classmates is the happiest thing and a difference in my life .This is because I could feel pain and shame of my children staying for weeks at home while I look for school fees before and truly it was very traumatizing. Thanks GiveDirectly for this opportunity."

"I am happy and peaceful since getting three meals in a day that used to seem like a luxury has come to pass and now we are able to get daily food with ease after I spent most of my transfers to cultivate a six acre of my farm through applying modernized mechanism of cultivation hence the yields we have harvested have been enough for consumption up to the next harvesting season and sell the surplus."

"Before, provision for my family's needs was a struggle . This was because I couldn't afford to till my farm with an oxen or apply the modernized methods of cultivation hence the only option was to till the land myself with my family members. This was never effective because at the end of it all, I harvested poor yields which lead to food shortage because of the little piece of land I would cultivate. My daily life is different in that I am able to get daily food with ease since I spent most of the transfers to cultivate ten acre of my farm with an application of modern methods of cultivation and the yields I have harvested are fairly enough to feed on hence sell the surplus and use the money to educate my children."

"Being able to use my transfer to buy some seeds ,fertilizers, hire tractors and practice timely cultivation lead to an increment in my farm production this year which is the difference I have gained from how it would have been had I not received the transfer because we are now feeding well. Currently, we eat three meals a day unlike before when we used to take one or two meals a day hence my family and I are very healthy and happier.Secondly, I started a small shop business which I intend to operate it, alongside the causal jobs that I have been doing to enhance the stability of my household's income even after GiveDirectly."

"Providing school fees for my children is the biggest hardship that I am faced with. I am a low income earner yet I have children at higher institutions of learning. The budget is usually so strained to the extent that I have to go in for loans just to be sure that children stay in school."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a cow that can reproduce and support me in future. With this, I can be in position to sell off some of the ofsprings plus some products so as to raise money that I can spend on other household needs."

"The biggest hardship faced currently is loneliness faced after my wife past away and the challenge of educating children since money is not enough."