"In the next six months, I expect to have completed and moved into the new house. Starting it early next month as per the plans means that it will only take us a maximum of four months to complete the construction and finishing it up will be our time to finish it up then move in on that sixth month."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy some timber and iron sheets to use in building a decent house for my family. This is a major milestone in my life towards achieving my goal. I am now certain that very soon, I will not be moving around looking for clay to use in dusting my house. The cleaning process of my house will be easier and less and less time-consuming."

"If I could not have received the money I could not have managed to buy cow, but now I am a very happy because I now have my own cow where I will be getting milk from and so i will not spent money to buy milk from my neighbors as I am doing"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a stable reliable source of Income. I managed to buy a dairy cow and fortunately it has started producing milk. Of which l sell some milk in our local market and some for my family consumption. Since the milk has started getting me some income, my family has never gone to bed hungry. We are able to at least meet our daily needs."

"If i could not have received the money from give directly I could still be experiencing household conflict because I could not have managed to pay dowry to my in laws. I could also not have managed to repair my motorcycle which has not been operational for quite sometime and I am very sure I could still unable to operate it and get money for my daily up keep."

"If I could not have received the money I am very sure I could still be staying in a very small house that I was staying before because in i could not have managed to build a new house."

"If I could not have received the money from give directly I could not have managed to pay school fee for my grandchildren and I am very sure they could have dropped out of school."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy one exotic dairy cattle to increase milk production and have surplus to sell in the nearby market. I will also use the remaining transfer to complete and furnish my house."

"I have a lovely wife who has always been devoted to taking care of my family despite the meager wage she gets from teaching in a nearby school. Four years after graduating, I wasn't lucky to get a white-collar job. As the head of the house at times I would feel embarrassed of my incapability to provide for my family when there was an emergency. This situation forced my wife to do extra just to make sure our family was okay. I am thankful to GiveDirectly for empowering me because I have stocked my small retail shop business which was at the verge of collapsing due to inadequate capital. Today , I can help out in providing for my family. Secondly, we have built a kitchen , therefore, we will no longer get embarrassed like before."

"Around ten minutes after I had woken up . I received a message in my phone which I immediately looked through it and confirmed GiveDirectly had sent the money it had promised . I felt very happy since and informed my wife who was seated right next to me . This was our point of breakthrough as a family for building a new house that we have always dreamed of ."