"My old house had caught fire and I had nothing left. Therefore, receiving this money has caused the biggest difference in my daily life as I was able to replace most of the property that I lost in the fire. This has given me immense happiness since I thought it would be impossible without this money."

"I am deligthed that the biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to get money that I had never held in my entire life and would spend without any attached conditions. I was even able to buy a cow that I named "Amusugut" meaning that the I got this help from America. Prior to getting this money, I was really suffering from bitting poverty but I am now realived because it has given me some personal property and sense of belonging."

"I do not expect many changes because for one I only use the transfers to take care of my daily financial needs at the university where I have to be buying food from breakfast all the way to supper time."

"I believe that through the business my life will have a significant change because I will sort of become financially independent so I will not have to be relying on financial help and handouts from my husband. This will be the best thing to ever happen in my life."

"Before I received the transfers, I was staying at my friend's house. This is because financially I was not able to support myself in renting a house. I had a very small income from my salon job which could not even my own needs. I had to put up with the situation in as much as I was going through a lot at that time I was staying with the friend. I knew one day, I will find a way out but I did not know it will be through GD. I used my transfer to rent a house and currently I stay alone. I am able to pay my rent, buy enough food and meet other needs comfortably because of GD transfers. I feel there is a lot of peace in my life now."

"There are enough changes I have seen from what I have been doing using the transfers and I still expect more changes. For instance, I want to make sure I save enough money within the next six months so that by the time my wife is done with exclusive breastfeeding of the baby, I start up a small scale business for her so that she can also have her source of getting an income."

"My life is currently different from how it was in that, I have time to rest. Before then, I used to sell clothes in the streets during the day and do the motorcycle taxi business at night. I had only two hours to sleep in the name of making money. I thank GiveDirectly very much for the financial support which I used in starting a business for my wife. Today, she helps me run the other business because it is located in one area and I have time to do the motorcycle business now during the day hence having time to rest at night."

"It was early in the morning after waking up when I decided to read a message I had received the previous night. It was at this point that I realized that GiveDirectly had finally sent us the promised money. The content of the message made me so happy and I could not wait anymore to inform my spouse about the good news as I immediately did so by calling him. I called GiveDirectlys office to thank them for the financial help but unfortunately, I did not know how to go about the IVR process."

"Before the transfers, I used to have a shoe business which was my main source of income for six months. The business was not doing well because I started it with low stock since I did not have a good capital. I ended up using most of my business resources to handle personal needs which really affected the stability of the business. The business ended up collapsing because I was not inputting any more resources into the business and had to go back casual work to earn a living. Right now I am still going for casual work as I plan on how to establish my self financially through a business."

"My major expectation is to expand my poultry business once I start it off . I believe in myself as a hardworking person, once I establish it, it will be a source of my daily income to enable e to take care of my younger sibling. I thank Give Directly for empowering us economically to enable us to be self-dependant and also uplift other people's lives."