"I woke up at round 3 AM when my phone rang, upon checking it was a message indicating that I had received money. I gave my boyfriend to cross check with my mobile money account who told me that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed my joy then thanked God Almighty and got back to sleep."

"My daily life is different in that, I now sleep comfortably on my mattress. Before, I slept on torn mattress. In addition, I have acquired reliable source of light as opposed to before when I stayed at times in darkness."

"The moment I received the money, I felt very excited. This is because, it was my first time to receive such a huge sum of money."

"The cash transfer was sent at night when I was asleep. I recall my friend called to inform me about the mobile money message. When I read it, I could not believe my eyes. I remained awake till morning with numerous plans on how to spend the money. I then concluded that I had to start up a groundnuts' produce business."

"That moment when I received my cash transfer, I remained calm but inside me, I was very happy. I then knelt down in prayer to thank God for his providence through GiveDirectly."

"When I received the recent transfer, I boosted my grocery business of selling onions. I now get the onions from the farm instead of buying them from the market. This is less costly and has seen my income levels increase. I am looking forward to even expanding my business and supplying more hotels and individuals to enable me to generate more income."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer since I have bought a motorcycle which is of a great assistant as I am my own boss now and the profits have doubled hence I am able to provide my family's needs with ease. Therefore I have peace of mind since I no longer do extra hours like before when I was riding my employers' motorcycle hence I have enough time to spend with my family."

"The house that I was previously living in was not spacious enough to accommodate us as a family. I had no plans of building a new house considering that my financial status was not good. GiveDirectly made it possible for me to build a new spacious house that can accommodate us all, through their financial support. To me, owning a good and a spacious house is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"My life is different in that I have a spacious house for my family unlike in the past when we used to squeeze in a small house. I have also managed to pay all the school fees for my children in secondary school and are no longer sent home and they can now perform well."

"I have been yearning to buy a good cow which can help me feed my family. Before I use to have a cow which when it lactates I would hardly get a litre of milk. I can see now that will be something of the past having two high breed cow which will give a high yield. Now I got to sell the milk and earn money which I spend to buy a basic need for my family and I also got some milk for consumption. Now my children have grown healthier as we can afford to buy and eat a balanced diet meal. I believe were it not for GiveDirectly to come to our village we would still couldn't afford such a life that we live at the moment."