"My muddy house has very weak walls that are almost collapsing. This situation gives me sleepless nights as I am afraid it might fall while am inside. It also get flooded during rainy seasons making it difficult to sleep peacefully. Receiving this money therefore means constructing permanent pillars to support it. In addition to this, I will purchase livestock for rearing that will generate income since I cannot engage in any productive work at my age."

"My biggest hardship is food insecurity that has really affected my family for a very long time. This is attributed to poor rainfall yet I depend solely on subsistence farming for a living. Since I do not have any source of income, it is quite difficult to buy food thus my family can starve for up to 2 days."

"My spouse abandoned me in the year 2018 May with claims that i could not afford her lifestyle since i do menial jobs that earns me little income. She left with my son who was five months then and my efforts of trying to ask her to come back home have bore no fruit since she is demanding that i pay her dowery to her parents first yet i can't afford to do so. This is the biggest hardship i face"

"In the next six months, I will have started the grocery business. My intention is to earn revenue from the business. That way I am able to look back and say GD empowered me and today I am a responsible guardian come parent who can comfortably foot the family bills."

"I remember very well, It was one of those days that I woke up early in the morning at around 6 am when I saw a message notification from my mobile phone. Being illiterate, I had no otherwise but to wait for daybreak so that my helper could help me read its content. I was amazed when she told me that I had received my transfer. I actually knew that I was going to meet most of my needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life so far is the fact that I sent back my children to school and cleared their huge fee balances after staying home for weeks. This has really been a bother to me because I had sold out all my assets so I can get school fees for my children. I had nothing to do, and one of my sons decided to drop out of school. That was the worst moment of my life. I was afraid they would all drop out and that would forever haunt me as their parent. The coming of GiveDirectly in my life changed the whole story because I managed to send them back to school and they are continuing with their studies like the rest. I am glad that the money came in good time because they were approaching their final exams and missing any of them would have forced them to repeat which would be more expensive. I am so grateful to this organization because I now have hopes that my children will have a bright future."

"The fact that I expanded my business of selling clothes has really changed my life greatly and I can see there is a big difference. This because ever since I expanded my business of selling some ready-made clothes and some materials, my life has been running so smoothly. My profits have increased since I attracted more customers. Previously I used to own the business but then I had to close it down because I had utilized a big portion of the capital. I am so thankful because I revived the business and I am happy it picked up very well. I no longer strain in clearing my bills and meeting my family basic needs like I used to do."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I shall have more livestock to keep within my household as well as have an established business that will help me and my family be more financially independent. The livestock to keep shall empower me and enable me to be financially stable in the long run as well as meet other family needs or expenses with much ease unlike before."

"My husband was the one who informed me that money had been sent money which I confirmed immediately through the message that had been sent. I felt very happy since I knew most of my struggles that were related to money would be solved."

"The biggest difference in my life is that my income has doubled after boosting my tailoring business. My clients are able to get their preferred items unlike before when I would close the business because of inadequate stock. This has reciprocated the ease of providing both primary and secondary needs for my family with ease."