"My life is different now because the transfer has enabled me roof a permanent house which I had started up in early 2013. I plan to complete fitting the doors and windows in this house when I get the second transfer and move into it. The new house will relieve me from sleeping in the leaky house full of termites ."

"The moment I received my money, I really felt so delighted that I informed my family and together we were overjoyed."

"My expectation is that my living standards will improve. I believe my income sources will have increased especially from my tomato farming. From the sale of the tomatoes, I can expand and invest in other potential income-generating activities. It is always safe to face life with more than one source of income. I know this is where am headed and within six months I will have made progressive moves"

"In the next six months, my expectations are that I shall have started constructing my house as well as be in a position to continue paying school fees for my children and complete the payments for my water tank as well. I will be in a position to do all these once I take the loan to build my house and give my family a more decent place to stay in."

"My expectation in the next six months is to earn a good income from the poultry project which I am planning to revive soon. The income will enable me to meet basic necessities for my household with ease. For me, this will reward me the title of being called a responsible parent."

"My life is currently different in that, I now own one more cow for rearing. This means that my financial status has already risen. Very soon I will be selling milk in the local market and in turn, use the profits to take care of our family needs with ease. I am also glad that we use clean water as compared to before because I managed to purchase a water tank."

"given that I have never held such a big amount of money at once, the moment I receive my money, I really felt so happy and anxious. This money would now help me to carry out most of my activities that needed money."

"My expectation in the near future is to buy and rear a dairy cow. This will help us avoid spending so much money buying the milk for our use as we are now. Having a cow will ensure my children have enough milk. The excess of it will be sold for an income. I also want to change our lifestyle for better by growing financially. I hope my business, with the help of these transfers, grow and ensure my children and the whole family lives a better life."

"I heard a loud vibration on my phone early that morning. I was eager to know who might have thought of texting me that early. At some point, I thought it was an emergency so I jumped from my bed and grabbed my phone. I was greatly overjoyed upon reading the contents of the message. It was from GiveDirectly, they had finally honoured their promise by sending the first transfers. I was surprised to receive the exact figure they had a talk about when we held our first community meeting. I started planning how I would invest it since this was the only hope to completely change my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy I feel seeing that I was able to buy a cow that replaced the one that died. I will continue to drink milk out of it and boost my health. In addition to this, I am delighted because I managed to hire two pieces of farm land that will enable to farm extensively and fully eradicate the famine issue that strikes my family often because I only had one farm land to cultivate everything."