"I was overwhelmed with joy for receiving such a big amount of money. This money was going to change my life having been dismissed from school unfairly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel for having managed to purchase a bull as my asset (which I thought would never be in position to have since I could never raise that amount of money to buy it) and then a solar that lights up my house when darkness comes. This solar has majorly helped me to avoid tripping over some items during night since I can clearly see with the light it offers."

"I was very happy that day when I received the money on my account. I had plans of renovating my houses and purchasing agricultural inputs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I feel for having spent my money to build myself a permanent house. This is because the grass to yearly renovate my former grass thatched house has become very expensive and scarce. In addition to this, I am delighted to see and live to witness that there are organizations such as GiveDirectly that have surely shown a lot of transparency and fully fulfilled the promises they make to the community. Prior to GiveDirectly coming to my community, most organizations just came it to robe us of the little we had and left us in the more poor states."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have a decent and spacious house. I used to live in a small grass-thatched house that was leaking from the inside and the same house could not host all of us comfortably. Its a taboo in our culture to sleep in our house with grown-up children and this was giving me stress because I could take them to my neighbor's house to spend a night there which was so risky. When I received the money from GiveDirectly I built two good and spacious houses that host all of us comfortably. My children are no longers expose to cold at night. I no longer fear to welcome visitors to my house because I have a place to host them."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy of seeing that my children now sleep on descent mattresses and cover themselves with bed sheets as compared to before when they slept on worn out papyrus mats and used either my big clothes or 'gomesi' as covers."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I would have started horticulture farming. This will enable us to have enough food and sell the surplus to earn an income to meet additional needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to get a motorcycle that is now helping me to timely meet the day to day home expenses. This is through the paid transport service that I offer to the community with my motorcycle business. Prior to getting this transfer, I used to do casual labor to raise money to sustain my family and this made life so challenging since we at times would go without some needs."

"My daughter informed me on that particular day that I had received money from GiveDirectly. When I heard the news, I felt very happy and excited because I received money to help me in my advanced age."

"I am currently operating my a clothes business in a temporary structure by the roadside. The problem I face is that when it rains, the clothes get stained by mud and during the dry season, they gather a lot of dust and fade from the scorching sunlight which makes the clothes impossible to sell. My plan is to move the business into an enclosed building where the clothes can be safe and my business protected."