"Before GiveDirectly, We couldn't afford to buy my own livestock which we have now that is three cows and four goats . This is because the income we relied on which is burning charcoal and selling would barely cater to all our household expenses hence we were left to admire our neighbor's livestock. Today, I am happy to see my livestock graze as I rear them like my neighbors."

"As a parent, I was really worried about the future of my children's education because they were always sent home for school fees. I had a huge school fees balance and when I received transfers from GiveDirectly, Clearing it was my first priority. I am glad that this is no longer the case as they now fully concentrate on their studies and I expect their performance to improve. I am also happy because the transfers enabled me to purchase some few sacks of maize to push us through for a while hence my entire family has enough food to eat and are now happier and healthier as compared to before"

"My life has greatly changed since I received my first transfer. It is always my happiness to see my family happy and healthy thus I always struggle to put a meal on the table and bring in more assets that we can lean on as a family during hard times. When I received my first transfer from GiveDirectly, I spent it on my family wellness. I bought a dairy cow that I look at it as an asset and I believe that it will be calving soon and give us milk for both household consumption and sales. I am happy that this has given me a peaceful mind in that, it has reduced my thinking of what to lean on in case of a financial crisis."

"The moment when I received my money I felt so happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I was checking my phone as usual. I did not know that GiveDirectly had sent the money. I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to pay school fees for my children. My family members also felt so happy because of this support."

"The moment when I received my money I felt so happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message notification from my phone. When I checked it I could not believe my eyes because I have never received such an amount of money before. I knew I would be able to pay the school for my children and meet other basic needs of the family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have completed the construction process that was ongoing at home. I depend on small scale farming at home to earn an income to meet other basic needs. I had started construction a house and at some point, it stopped because I had no extra money to complete the process. When I received the money from GiveDirectly I was so happy because I knew I would be able to complete the work in progress. Currently, the house is complete and my family lives in a better and spacious house compared to the one that we were living before. I am so happy because our living standard has changed to be better."

"In the next six months, I expect to have started farming and I will have boosted my restaurant business which has been my cash cow for the longest time now. All businesses fail but it has stood the test of time. I will no longer suffer from the lack of money as I used to before the transfers that I was constantly in debt."

"I expect to have bought a cow, for the source of milk for my household and also for income generation. For a long time, I have had to be paying a monthly bill for milk supply. This has been very expansive. This is the reason why I do not want to continue living without Livestock. I hope I will then reduce the daily expenditure on foodstuffs."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received this transfer in that my household income has doubled. Nowadays we are able to share financial responsibilities unlike before when my spouse was the breadwinner. He had to cater to all the house expenses with the meager income which he got from doing manual jobs in the village. I feel honored to have graduated from a housewife to an aspired business woman."

"Without the transfers, I wouldn't have built a house! we used to stay in a mud-walled and flour and grass-thatched house that used to be so terrible and leaky during the rainy season. In fact, the floor of the house would sometime be filled by water from the ground due to too much rain. I was able to build two decent houses; one kitchen and a sitting room. I no longer worry now about leaking roofs and cold. I am also happy that we had enough food for my family."