"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have a solar system that provides light at night. In addition I have also got a television for watching news. Previously, I used a torch for dry cells that was expensive to maintain and I was totaly cut off from the rest of the world since the radio I had also got spoilt."

"The moment I received my transfer I was overwhelmed by joy because I knew that I would be in position to plaster my house."

"I became very happy upon learning that I had received money from GiveDirectly because I knew I would be in position to renovate my house and buy food."

"The moment I received my transfer, I became very happy because I knew my living condition was going to change for the better(sleeping in an iron roofed house)."

"My expectation in the near future is to expand my farming activities. I am planning to lease a piece of land from within the neighborhood and improve the scale of my farming. I realized that farming when well taken care of has some good proceeds. I also expect to start a small business using the profits I get from the sale of my farm produce. All these are intended to improve the financial status and better the living standards of my family."

"I expect to make a change in my life through the business that I intend to start within the near future. When I start generating the profits, I will be able to get some little amount of money that I will use to expand the current house so that I can get a bigger structure that can accommodate everyone in the house without us feeling congested in this small house."

"The moment I received the transfers, I felt very happy because I got money for buying clothes and household goods like bed sheets."

"The moment I received the transfer from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy because I got money for building apermanent house."

"My life is different in that, this transfer has enabled me to build my own permanent house. Currently, I still sleep in my co-wife's house because it is incomplete."

"The moment I received the transfers, I felt happy because I never got such an amount of money in my life."