"My phone buzzed at midnight that day. When I checked and read the mobile money message. I was overwhelmed with joy because it was a dream come true. I was very happy because I had very pressing demands."

"The biggest difference so far is that I am very happy because I have constructed a nice house. This would not have been possible had GiveDirectly not come to my rescue. Before receiving this cash transfer, I had lived in a dillapidated thatched house and dressed in bedraggled clothes for over ten years."

"I expect to repair my house so that it looks more brilliant and of course once the size of the house is increased then everyone can fit in very comfortably without anyone of us feeling squeezed or lack of privacy due to the congestion that we have been witnessing currently."

"Receiving money means completing the construction of our house that we are staying in nd part of it will be spent on paying school fees for the children. We are staying in an incomplete house that requires plastering and flooring it."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for the household's daily needs. There is hardly any money to buy children good meals and giving them proper medical care when necessary."

"When I receive this money, I will build a house and buy cows that I will later on use as dowry to marry a woman. I prefer a house because I want by the time I bring a woman, there should be good shelter for her and the children we shall get. I will also spare some cows for livestock raising as an income generating activity."

"Receiving this money means renovating our semi permanent house that we are currently staying in. We are staying in a house that is not yet plastered and without a cemented floor. I will spend part of it on paying debts for the land that I had mortgaged for paying school fees for our children. Currently we have little land for crop cultivation which has rendered our household food insecure."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy. This transfer came at a time when I needed it most because I wanted to renovate my house."

"I felt very happy the moment my son (trustee) told me about the news of the transfer. Life had not been easy without money since I couldn't feed well and meet other needs."

"When my phone vibrated at around midnight, I came outside and asked my children to check what it was since I don't know how to operate cell phone. When the children broke the good news to me of GiveDirectly's cash, I ululated danced and most especially I was so happy. If by any chance at that time there was any staff of GD, I would have hugged them."