"The biggest difference in my life is that I have acquired an ox that has made it possible for the ploughing of my farm land. This will increase my crop cultivation. Before receiving the cash transfer, I had only one ox that could not do much. I am very happy that I can now cultivate my farm lands easily."

"On hearing a message on my phone, I woke up to check it and saw the mobile money message. At that moment, I felt so happy that most of my financial issues would be handled."

"I remember my brother in-law inquired if I had received any message. Since I cannot read, I asked him to check my phone and read the message to me. When I heard about the cash transfer that I had received, I jubilated on top of my voice because I had plans of constructing a nice iron roofed house."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I got money for plastering my incomplete house."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy knowing that I was now going to be able to complete my house and carry out my activities as I had earlier on planned."

"I recall I was awake when phone buzzed at around 12:45Am. I was very excited and happy at that moment when I read the message. This cash transfer was going to clear my school fees burden and other family needs."

"The biggest difference is that I am constructing a spacious house which is currently at the ring beam level. Before I received the cash transfer, I was leading a miserable and uncomfortable life. We were living in a small congested hut. I had no money to enable me construct a good spacious house. The cash transfer has relieved me from this misery."

"The moment I received money from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy because I had never held such an amount of money in my life."

"My long time aspiration has been to live a happy married life, a wish that every couple could have but this has never come to reality in my life. Ten years back when my In-laws passed away, my husband was forced to leave his paternity home with claims that his father never contributed in purchasing their communal land. Due to financial constraints, my husband could not secure a land for our stay, we were forced to migrate to my maternal home where we were accommodated. This has really robbed our joy as a family because it is a big shame to bring your man back home. Receiving this money means enabling us to purchase a land and build our own home. This will earn back our respect and dignity that we have lost. I also plan to use part of the transfers in livestock business in order to have a reliable source of income."

"For a village elder like myself, one would have high expectations since I tackle most of the village issues, yet in a real sense, the struggle out here is so tough. Financial constraint is the biggest hardship I'm currently facing. I'm running a small hotel business at the nearby shopping center and the returns there is hardly enough to meet the educational needs of my two children who are in secondary and college levels. The journey thus far has not been easy, I sold almost all of my goats. Am remaining with only two from the previous tribe of twenty. Once I receive my transfers I will replenish my earlier tribe because was it not for them, my children would all be school dropouts by now. Again I haven't been able to build a house something that I will look into once I get my transfers."