"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money throughout my life. "

"My life is different than it would have been because I am happy that this money has enabled me send children to school, and complete a commercial house we have in town which will be a source of income to support the family. Before, my children in boarding schools would fail to have most school requirements due to lack of money and this made life realy hard for us."

"The cash transfers to a greatest extent have transformed my life. I am now respected in the community because I was able to conduct the marriage rites of my wife. I had stayed long with my wife and I had no money to marry her. Nevertheless, I am very grateful that GiveDirectly made this possible for me. I would not have managed to marry her because I do not have an income generating activity."

"The current change in my life is that, I am an empowered woman with a business. I can buy what I want at any time. previously, I used to do casual work in order to meet daily needs which was not adequate enough."

"This area of ours is good for raising livestock and as a result of this, receiving this money will mean that I'll be able to start dairy farming( i.e to buy two dairy cattle, construct dairy shed and buy animal feeds). Moreover, I'll be able to restart my egg-selling business. Thank you GD."

"My life is different now compared to before I got the money, I'm looking healthy because am stress free. I can now afford food, my house is beautiful and cool having done renovation and plaster. I have also hired enough land and bought seeds ready for the planting season. I did not have farm land before, my house was dusty with very many holes which attracted rats."

"My life is different than it would have been because I sleep under an iron sheet roofed house and I am happy about it. Before, I used to sleep under a grass thatched house that rats would damage creating a leakage for the rains to find away into the house."

"Life is different in that I am sleeping under an iron sheet roofed house, and my children are schooling. This brings happiness in my life. Before, I was having hardships finding money to pay school fees and the scarcity of grass nowadays made me build an iron sheet roofed house. "

"Life is different in that I now have an Iron sheet roofed house which is a better protection from the rains, unlike the grass thatched house which used to leak alot when it rains inconveniencing sleep at night. This makes me happy. "

"My life is much different in that GiveDirectly has improved on my status. The cash transfers enabled me to pay my daughter's tuition fees at the time when I was hard up. More so I am happy that the phone I was given has made my communication very easy. I also bought a motorcycle which has made my movement from one place to another very possible. Before the cash transfers, I used to depend on bank loans that left me penniless. However, the cash transfers came as a blessing to me. I am very glad that I will retire a happy woman with no debt burden."