"It was early in the morning after waking up when I decided to go through my phone and call my friend to see if he could connect me with someone who had some work to be done. It is at this time when I realized that I had some unread messages and after reading their contents, my heart was filled with happiness as one of the messages indicated that I had received some money from GiveDirectly."

"Currently, my life is different in that, feeding is easy because I have acquired some food stuff which is taking us throughout this dry spell. Prior to receiving this cash transfer, feeding was a challenge because we did not have good harvest last year."

"My daily life is different in that, I have got back my agricultural land. I'm now sure of food security in the family when I farm my g-nuts, maize and cassava. Previously, I had a challenge of food short because I would farm on small piece of land I rented. In addition, I'm currently sleeping well on my mattress. In the past, I slept on a mat."

"My life has greatly changed in that, I'm no longer single. Previously, I didn't have the financial muscle to pay the pride price for my wife."

"The biggest change in my life is that, I live a comfortable life because I have enough bedding. Prior to this, I owned one bed sheet that I had to wash during day and use it at night. Besides, when visitors come a round, I did not have enough bedsheets to give them."

"My life is different now because am happy, this money enabled me to plaster our house and its looking beautiful. I have acquired some livestock. In case of any emergency I can sell my livestock and get money. Previously, I used to think a lot, life was a struggle with nothing to sell and no one to borrow from."

"The most evident change is that I am now debt free because I was able to service an outstanding loan that had spent over two years. I also bought a bicycle that has made my transport means very easy and it is also used for fetching water from the borehole. However, in the past I was sad because I could not service that loan. I was living in shame though I could not admit it. More so I used to carry one jerrycan to fetch water which was cumbersome. With the bicycle now, I can carry four jerrycans of water at once."

"I spent my most recent transfer to buy some chicken and chicken feeds. It has always been my prayer to start a poultry keeping project back at home. My grandmother will be running it for me. I settled on this because its starting cost is not high and it does not require a lot of attention. This will act as my alternative source of income which I will be using to cater for my needs."

"The moment I received this money, I became so happy to the extent that I did ululate, Thanked God, GD staff and her donors because I never thought I would get this kind of money."

"When I received my money, I became very happy and thanked God for GiveDirectly. This is because the money came at a right time when I wanted to construct an iron roofed house and pay off my debts."