"Receiving this money is the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because my life has greatly improved in that I was able to buy some staff in my house such as bed, mattress and bed sheets that I now use to sleep on comfortably. Compared to before, I used to sleep on a mat and used my clothe(gomesi) to cover."

"I read the mobile money message early in the morning. I felt very happy because I had no other financial support. This was a miracle."

"The moment I received my money, I became very happy because I had got the money that I would spend for acquiring all the household items that I desired and for treatment."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the feeling of knowing that I have money at hand that I can freely spend to provide for my family feeding, dress code among others. Before getting this money, we would wait until I get bicycle to repair (at times I would not get any) or go farm in another person's farm to raise money to sustain my family."

"When I received the cash transfer, I felt so much joy because I needed money to offset a debt burden and pursue other plans."

"I expect to be in a better health condition after using the money to treat myself.I have had a medical condition for sometime now but could not manage to get proper medication or check up due to lack of money . With the help of these transfers,I was finally able to get proper treatment and have hopes of being better soon. Having a better health will allow me to get on with my duties and tend to my farms without having to depend on anyone or hire anyone as I currently do."

"Now that I have taken care of one of my biggest problem which was to plaster my house and have decent seats as well, my focus is now fully directed to ensuring that my children's school fees are paid on time. My children still owe a lot in their respective schools even after using part of my transfers to pay some of their fees. I hope that in six months time,I will have cleared all the balances so that I can reduce the strain I am currently having to work extra hard so that I can earn the money for the fees and other household requirements."

"I was at home that day when I received the cash transfer message. I became very happy because GiveDirectly had honored their promise of sending us the cash transfers."

"The bigesst hardship I face is my children are sickly. The little money I could save for providing other neccessities is spent on their treatment. This is casusing hunger in my family."

"Owning a pair of oxen is the biggest difference in my daily life. Previously I had none and it was difficult to invest in farming. I was using hoes which are not productive with larger acreage, tiresome and I could not plough my whole acreage. Having my pair is advantageous to me because I am assured of cultivating my whole acreage for better yields, and also to catch up with rains which are at times unreliable in our region."