"My life has changed to some extent because I never had a decent house before the organization came to our village but today, I am glad I have this two bedroomed house which comfortably accommodates all the members of the family. Were it not for the cash transfers, then I would have still been living in that small old house where I used to live in the past."

"The moment I got the mobile money message, I felt so happy. When I learnt that some people did not receive it. I thanked God that I was among the community members who received the transfer."

"My life is different right now because I was able to plow and farm on my one-acre piece of land. I have never planted anything on that piece of land ever since because of lack of finances that is required to invest in such projects. However, all this changed when Give Directly came to our village and gave us the unconditional cash transfers."

"My daily life is now different in that I find peace of mind after paying off debts. In addition, I am able to afford food and medicine. Before my life was full of sadness due to lack of money to support my old age."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy because nobody will claim that I owe him/her if I succeed in my business with this transfer as this is common with people in the village. "

"The big difference now is that I have paid my child's school fees in time and the construction of an iron roofed house for my self is in progress. I am currently sleeping in the hut with a leaky roof but with confidence that I will soon move to a comfortable house. Thank you to Give Directly for the transfers."

"The mere fact that I was able to acquire my assets such as the bull and three goats is the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because having livestock is considered as part of wealth in my cultural community. In addition to this, my lifestyle has changed as I am able to feed my family well, dress my family decently and see to it that my children are in school. Before getting this transfer, I always admired the people who had already benefited from GiveDirectly as I thought that all their financial problems were resolved yet I had to continue to do much and hard casual labor to just meet a few family demands."

"I received the message early in the morning and I felt very happy. This was money that I had not worked for and it was a miracle. I was very happy and I felt like personally appreciating the GiveDirectly team for this opportunity."

"My daily life's biggest difference is the joy I feel seeing that I was able to pay for my children's education and secure some bricks that I will use to build using the next transfer. Although I used to do casual labor, brew and sell alcohol to raise money to cater for day to day expenses, prior to getting this transfer, I was always stressed on how to raise fees for my children and at the same time thinking about improving or building my house."

"My life has changed ever since I got the transfers because the house structure that I had before was so small, old and in such a dilapidated state. The old structure was almost collapsing but I want to thank Give Directly for coming to my rescue by giving me the cash transfers which I already used to build this new house where I currently live."