"I am very happy that GiveDirectly chose to send me the cash transfers. I have never dreamed of receiving such a big amount of money with no strings attached. I am looking forward to sleeping in an iron roofed house very soon."

"The cash transfers have changed my life in that they empowered me to purchase cows and household items like bedding,utensils,clothes that I had longed to own for a long time. I also helped my parents to clear their outstanding debts. However, I am now focussed on working hard so that I can find a wife to marry. Before I received the cash transfers, life was hard and I had nothing presentable in my house. I was always dressed in old tattered clothes. I am now happy because I can now walk confidently in nice decent clothes."

"My life has changed alot because the cash transfers enabled me to construct a fully completed two roomed iron roofed house. I sleep in a comfortable house and I nolonger worry about searching for grass as it was in the past. In addition, the cash transfers enabled me to treat myself. I had developed a rare skin condition which affected my left leg. I could not walk or stand on my own without any support. I am grateful that the cash transfers saved my life."

"At my advanced age,I am overjoyed that GiveDirectly came to my rescue because the cash transfers were spent on my medical treatment. My health is better now because I can access medication and buy foods which have improved my nutrition. I am so happy that the cash transfer was also spent on plastering the inside walls of my house. However, in the past I had no access to medical treatment. I would endure sickness and pain for a long time before I could be given treatment. My feeding too was hard. I did not have money to purchase the foods that I yearned for. I am so glad that with the cash transfers, I saved money that I spend on purchasing food whenever I need to change my diet."

"My life is different in that I have built an iron roofed kitchen. I was living in a grass thatched kitchen and the roof was leaking during the rainy season. I have also bought a solar lamp and this has reduced the cost of buying paraffin daily and my children can now read in the evening comfortably. I am happy since I have acquired sofa sets since I did not have seats in the past and I was always embarrassed whenever I had visitors."

"My life is different in that I have enough milk for my family and no longer buy milk as I used to do in the past. I can thus save the money I could have used to buy milk and used to meet other family basic needs. I am also living in a decent spacious iron roofed house which can accommodate all my family members comfortably. I used part of my first transfer to buy a sewing machine for my wife and this has boosted the income from her tailoring business since in the past she used to hire the machine and this was expensive. She can now help me provide some of the family basic needs."

"The change in my life is that, I am happy because, this support was timely since it helped me to pay medical bills for my father and my child. Before receiving this cash transfer, I struggled a lot to find ways of getting money for treatment by mortgaging some land for the same."

"Currently, my life is healthier because, I got adequate treatment. Previously, I would spend quite a number of days without getting any medical attention due to lack of money."

"My life has changed in that, I have gained self esteem because I own a permanent house now. Before, I used to share with my mother one roof which was very inconviniencing."

"My life has improved because I'm in the process of completing to build my permanent house which I will just mop the floor. Before, I had agrass thatched hut which required me to use cow dung for cleaning the floor."