"Upon receiving money from GiveDirectly, I was over whelmed by joy because I knew it was going to help me settle the debt I had and start up with the construction work."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have purchased oxen which will now be ploughing my land in time. Prior to receiving the money, I used to send my children to offer labor on other people's farms in exchange of oxen. To make matters worse, their efforts in most cases were fruitless because we could be given oxen when it is past the ploughing season."

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because this was the long a waited money."

"The moment I received my money, I became happy because it came at a time when I was sick. I was relieved knowing that I had got money to seek proper treatment."

"The moment I received the mobile money message, I felt happy but I remained calm and slept till morning."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the extreme joy and happiness that I feel with in me seeing that I will soon build an iron roofed permanent house. This will relieve me from the issue of renovating the grass thatched house that I am still staying in. In the long run, it will as well help me save as I will not be spending on renovating the grass thatched house always."

"The moment I received the transfer, my mind was at peace and I felt so happy because It was the first thing of it's kind to happen to me in life."

"Having heard a notification, I checked and saw that I had got my money. At that moment, I felt happy that I would now be rich."

"I am no longer stressed because I got some money to deposit for the piece of land that I had started paying for. Secondly, I now have solar light in my home. My children feel happy and they thanked me for buying the solar because even when it becomes dark they can still continue playing. Prior to receiving the transfer, the land seller was giving me pressure to pay more money which I did not have. I was also using a torch for light yet dry cells we expensive to buy."

"I became very happy upon learning that I had received my money from GiveDirectly because I knew that, I would be in position to construct a better house and feed well."