"The biggest difference in my daily life is the immense happiness and gratitude I feel for having received this money. This is because it has helped me to renovate my almost falling house and it it back to normal."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the changed lifestyle as I will be soon moving into my complete iron roofed house and leaving the grass thatched house that has always drained me in terms of renovating it."

"Compared to before when I used to beg for farm land to cultivate some food crops, I am now an extremely happy person because I was able to get back my land and farming on it freely. I am also happy because I see that the plan of having an iron roofed house is coming to reality since I already have started molding bricks and plan to buy iron sheets with my saved money. Hence, a biggest difference in my daily life."

"When I received the cash transfer message, I felt very happy because this was my only chance to improve my living standards."

"I received the cash transfer at night. I was asleep then but the phone woke me up. However, I did not read it that very moment. Early in the morning, I overheard my neighbours jubilating that they had received money from GiveDirectly. This compelled me to check my phone and indeed it was real. I felt very happy and excited. I remember dancing to myself joyfiully. I knew this transfer was going to settle my debts."

"My daily life has changed in that my entire family is living in harmony and happiness as I was able to meet most of their needs. In addition to this, seeing that my house is being beautified makes me happy."

"Currently, my life is really different compared to if I had never received the transfer. The peace which was long gone in the village due to the alcoholic neighborhood finally came when people got down to serious work. There was a great enmity amongst my neighbors which is no longer there since we came together in merry-go-rounds for a common goal. Everyone in our household and in the village is currently happy and at ease in every day's work."

"In the next six months l expect to continue saving money for my college fee and also to buy my personal things. "

"In the next six months l expect I have completed plastering my house and the staying in comfortably. "

"In the next six months l expect to have bought quite a number of building materials and planning to put up my home."