"There is a difference in my life from the time I received money, I have bought household items that I did not have. These things include bed, mattress, bed sheets , clothes, kitchen utensils and basins. I used to sleep on a mall bed but now I have a big bed which comfortable for me and my baby. My children are now studying in a boarding school in town with a good standard unlike before when they were in a village boarding school with lower standards."

"The significant change in my daily life is that, I feel I have self worth and I am ever smiling because I will soon begin constructing my house on top on the items that I have acquired like clothes, a mattress, and utensils."

"That moment when I saw that I had received my cash transfer, I felt joy in me because I had never received such a lump sum amount of money in my life."

"buy a dairy cow to earn money ieven wen I do not got a cuasual job."

"That moment when I saw a message that I had receive my first cash transfer, I felt happy because, it was such a great achievement that I would complete payment of my acre of land."

"My daily life is different in that I now own a plot. This has been my aspiration. I had no hopes of buying one due to inadequate resources. I am now happy that soon I will be able to build a structure for my welding business and I will not be paying rent again."

"I am expecting my life to change positively in the next six months because I am optimistic that I will have harvested the maize which is currently on my farm. I expecting good harvest and would keep some for consumption and the surplus will sell to earn more income."

"I expect in the next six months to have bought a dairy cow. I will manage this by saving the transfer from GiveDirectly and the income from the farm produce."

"I did not have any plans of joining college because I knew my mother would not able to pay the fees, but with these tranfers, I can raise half the fees and let my mother raise the other part. This has also encouraged her to struggle more and given her hope of completing college."

"My new goal is to start a new business where I sell second hand clothes. I will use my third transfer to start this business. This will be a source of income to meet my family basic needs and pay school fees for my children. Currently I am employed as an house help and the I get is little and could not cater all my basic needs and pay school fees for my children."