"The moment I received my money from GiveDirectly, I felt so happy. It was very early in the morning that day when I heard my phone ring. It was notifying me of a message that I had just received, something very unusual, especially at such odd hours. On checking the message, I could not believe what I just saw. Throughout my entire life, I have never received such an amount of money before. I felt so happy and appreciative of the same. We all celebrated as a family and quickly got down to planning on how best we could utilize the money to give us maximum benefits."

"Receiving this money means I am going to purchase land. Where I am right now is just a small plot of land that can not support agriculture."

"Receiving this money means prompt payment of school fees for my children. This will support them achieve their future plans. When they receive better education, they will get better paying jobs which will enable them support us in our old age.Currently, I struggle to do farming in order to ensure that my children stay at school but it is not feasible because it is not reliable."

"The biggest hardship I am facing right now is limited capital to enable me have enough household items like beddings, clothes and cooking materials. I am not doing any business and do not have enough land to cultivate. This has limited my financial power."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to see the doctor because I'm feeling a lot of pain in my body but I never had any money to pay for doctor's consultation. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing is that I am not able to pay my childrens school fees on time and its still a very big problem because my income is very low.I engage in subsistence farming majorly for family consumption and therefore, theres less or no food to be sold to raise income for paying my childrens school fees and besides this, other basic family needs consume a lot of money."

"Previously, we were staying at our uncle's piece of land, my spouse didn't have land of his own. When we received our first transfer, we decided to deposit for a piece of land and upon getting the second transfer, it enabled us complete payment of the land. We have moved to our piece of land and the money that remained was spent to buy household items that helped us start up life in our new home."

"My life is different in that, I bought an ox and paid school fees for my children. In the past, my children used to miss out on termly exams since I couldn't raise money for paying their fees on time. And we ploughed our farm land on borrowed oxen but I'm very grateful to GD for enabling me own one."

"I have always believed that cows are sources of wealth because they produce milk which is usually a rare commodity in this area. They also reproduce at a relatively short period of time which means I get to own additional cows. My plan is to sell the young one in case an emergency arises."

"I expect to have stabilized my chicken business because this is the major project I am currently working hard to establish. I believe it will add me more income once I start selling both eggs and chicken hence it will increase my financial stability."