"When my son was a bout to sit for the final examinations that could lead him to secondary school, I was worried on how and where I would get money to pay for fees. It appeared to me to be a tough task. Right now, I am sure that he will make it. I promise to give his education the first priority because out of it, he will have a tool for employment opportunity. My life now is good without worries, I could now have time to reorganized myself on how to face the family life a head. Life without anxiety."

"GiveDirectly has made me do farming investment as I wished. It has been my main objective to practice cash crop farming, but since I had no land, I was unable to do it in a larger scale in order to realize the full benefit. I realized that, if resources are available, someone can easily tap the available resources for wealth creation. I now have things which I had desire to have."

"As a widower whose partner died and left behind with five children to care for, providing for them has best a great challenges since I have no proper income but depends on casual labor that is unpredictable and tedious with meager earnings. I lived in a traditional house of one room that served as sitting room ,bedroom, kitchen and a store. It was old with leaky roof and tilted walls. I was forced to sleep in it with my children as begging for sleeping spaces in the neighborhood was prohibited by our tradition in that a widower must not sleep in other people's houses. Today I have build a better house with enough rooms for to accommodate us comfortably. I stocked enough food that will push us though to the next season of harvest. I have also invested enough in sugarcane farming which is the main economic activity in this region. This gives me hope for the future as in the next one and a half years, they will mature for harvesting and this will boost my financial security. I will be able to pays school fees for my children with ease to the level of their wish. I also intend to buy a dairy cow with earnings from sugarcane harvest. A dairy cow will eventually provided me with milk that will improve on the nutrition of my family. I shall sell the surplus of milk and save the money to buy a solar light system and chairs. I feel happy and satisfied with what I have done with the opportunity that GiveDirectly gave me. "

"In the next six months, I will have improved my home by making a concrete floor in my living room. I will have furnished the room too and this means that if GD will visit me again as they did in November, I will have a nice place to host my guests. It will not be like the other time when I had to host them outside the house because I did not have enough furniture and also because it was untidy. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly."

"In the next six months, my son would have joined the university. I will be a proud mother seeing my son pursuing his education like other children in the village. I will still continue saving part of my transfer so as to continue supporting him."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer since we currently have adequate and relatively comfortable seats in our house unlike before. It has been shameful for us to welcome guests to our family yet we had very limited seats of low quality. Hence, we are currently happy to welcome visitors with lots of confidence."

"My expectation in the next few months to ensure that I have more than one income. Once the project is up, I will be able to rent it out and hopefully, the proceeds will help me with some of the family chores. This will enable me look after my family well. I will also be able to pay my childrens school fees on time. I want to generally improve the general lifestyle of my family."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I will have cemented my house. I have struggled for a long time searching for materials to repair it which have now become scarce and difficult to find. I am glad that when this happens I will have a decent house just like other people in my neighbourhood."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to finally build another house.I have always wanted to renew my house but it has been difficult.I have two children in college and two in secondary school.All the money we get from our farm proceeds go to paying their school fees.Now that I have had a helping hand from GiveDirectly,I will be able to provide my family with a better home.Am very grateful."

"My new goal for the next four months is to save for my college education. I believe through completing college I will be able to get employed and assist my parent back at home to provide the basic household needs."