"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I completed the construction of my commercial house which makes me happy. With this house, I can be able to generate income for my family after renting it out. In addition, the goats will enable my spouse to finish the payment of my dowry. Previously, my life was not at the level it is now and for this reason I'm very grateful for the development that this transfer has brought."

"My goal is now to improve my business of hairdressing and cosmetic by purchasing more stock and equipment to effectively operate it to serve more customers. By doing this, it will be expanding thus increasing my daily income."

"The big difference in my life is that I have acquired livestock, utensils, good clothes, a mattress, bed sheets with the GiveDirectly cash transfer. I would have not managed to buy them on my own."

"My daily life is different in that, I live a much healthy life because I feed and sleep well. Previously, I could hardly change a diet and also slept on a mat because I didn't have money to afford either a balanced diet or a mattress."

"I expect in the next six months that I would have bought the required building materials which will facilitate the plastering process for the floor of my house. I will no longer have to incur costs in smearing this floor when it shall come to its completion."

"I became so happy the moment I received a MOMO notification in my phone to extent that I danced, ululated and praised God for such an amazing blessing."

"The moment I received the money, I felt very happy. This is because the amount was too much for me."

"My life is different now because I have acquired an oxen to do ploughing. Additionally, this transfer has facilitated the harvest activities and the food has reached home intact. Prior to receiving the transfer, I could just hire oxen for ploughing which was expensive, also more of the harvest could be sold and little was taken home for consumption."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have started a second business of selling coffee and boosted the first one as well. I no longer take loans from friends to pay rent like I used to do before. I am glad that I am not a burden to my friends anymore. I have also learned the art of planing for instance in the morning, I operate the first business and the second one operates in the afternoon. The can only thank GiveDirectly for the financial empowerment."

"The biggest change in my daily life is that I live a stress free life because I bought an ox and household items. In the past, I toiled hard in other people's farm land in order to have them assist me to plough my farm land but this will never be the case again. In addition, I had a big shortage in household items most especially utensils and clothes and this affected my self esteem and often times led to stress."