"When I received money from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy because I had never held such an a mount of money in my entire life."

"In the next six moths my children will eat well and above all they will no longer have school fees arrears. This has been my dream to take my children to school and have them enjoy uninterrupted studies be because of school fees."

"My life has changed because I have got Livestock ( an ox) which I'm planning to use for ploughing my garden. Before the transfer, I had to provide casual labour in someone's farm in exchange for oxen. In addition, I hope to sleep in a permanent house in the near future. I have bought building materials and I'm just waiting for seconding transfer so that I can start to build. Currently I'm sleeping in a thatched house."

"I felt so delighted on receiving my money. At that moment I was sure that some of my financial needs would be covered."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is seeing my home transform from congested huts into a beautiful compound with an iron roofed house in the near future. I will as well get relived from buying the already scarce grass when my house is complete."

"I felt over joyed the moment I received my money because most of my needs such as oxen, seedlings, household items and farm land would be catered for."

"My life is different now because I have acquired my own oxen and ox-plough. This will help me in ploughing and it is time saving. Before I got the transfer, I used a hand hoe which was not easy and I would take a longer time just to cultivate a small piece of land."

"This financial support has enabled me own a cow, feed my children on balanced diet and they now healthy. I also got back my piece of land that had been taken by the money lender. Previously, I didn't have a cow of my own, my children were sickly and I was told in the hospital that they had lacked a balanced diet. I had only one acre of land that couldn't produce enough yields to support my family."

"Since I plan to build a permanent iron roofed house, this has made me feel so happy because I will move from the currently leaking grass thatched house when it rains to the safe one when completed. Hence, making my daily life biggest difference as I will be relieved from the burden of buying grass and renovating the grass thatched house yearly."

"The mere fact that I am in the process of building my iron roofed permanent house has really positively impacted on my daily life. This is because after completing the construction, I will get rid of the house that I am currently staying in that leaks and and not spacious enough."