"My life is different now because my husband is alive. I was able to use my transfer to treat my husband and he got better and healthy. He had an illness that was unexplainable. Had this transfer not been there, he would be no more as I could not have managed to raise the hospital bill."

"My life is different now because I got money that enable me to get back my piece of farm land although it was using the first transfer. Given my age, this would not be possible if I had not got this money. Secondly I am grateful that GiveDirectly gave me money I am using to feed myself. I am of age and can no longer farm to maintain myself. So getting this money has simplified my life as I spend it on what ever I desire to eat without bothering other people ."

"Currently I am delighted seeing that together with my husband we started a produce business that is supporting our family in many angles such as feeding, medication, fees for our children, among others. Prior to getting this transfer, my husband worked together with his father (selling veternary drugs) to support our family. This did not help much since he had to share the money with his father. "

"In six months’ time, I hope that my son will have brought a wife. This will mean that an additional member for the family and kind of replacement for my late wife will come to help us in household chores. My son will have completely gotten hopes in life after losing when her mother died. It has been a real struggle for him coming to terms with the death of her mother. Transfers from GiveDirectly have given us hopes in future and psychologically stability at least for us to plan ahead."

"It was around 4 am when I received a message notification on my phone. Since I was awake, I decided to check and know who the sender was. After reading its content, I became so happy as the message indicated that GiveDirectly had sent us the money we had been waiting for."

"In the next six months, I expect to have purchased the sheep since the first round of our cycle will have been completed. This also calls for another extra call since all the money will not be channeled to buying sheep, I will take the remaining money to the school to serve as school fees for my children."

"I realized that GiveDirectly had sent me some money in the morning after waking up. I became so happy and I thanked God for the blessings that had just come in."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have harvested my onions. I will have gotten enough money from the sale of onions. This will help me start a business hence will no longer strain to provide for my family. My home will be more appealing because I will have done more finishes and bought furniture. I will also stop shying away from inviting visitors because It will be a more decent and comfortable place to relax in after a heavy day's work"

"In the next six months, I expect to have accumulated enough money to purchase a water tank. I have put this plan as a priority since fetching water from the rivers has been so hard since we have to walk for a full 2KM in order to find a source of water that still has not been reliable since it gets dry when the rainy season stops."

"I expect my life in the next six months to have greatly changed. I expect to have invested more in farming thus will engage more in my piece of land than on hard and low paying casual jobs I currently do. I expect good crops on the farm thus will be hopeful of having a better harvest which translates to enough food in our family and surpluses to sell to meet other needs."