"The biggest change I notice in my daily life is that I am happy because I acquired a cow which will provide us milk for breakfast. Previously I did not have money to buy even a mere hen."

"The biggest difference in my daily is that I am happy because I enrolled my children into good schools. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly because I am currently constructing a house without depending on my business profits."

"The hour I saw a message indicating that I had received money from GiveDirectly, I felt excited and started considering my plans of marrying."

"The next six months I expect my life to change in that I would have built a decent iron sheet house that I have been longing for and staying in a grassed thatched house would not be of worry."

"My life is great because I have cleared of the debt and repossessed the land which I had used as collateral. I plan to cultivate g-nuts on this land when the season starts. In the past I had no money to pay off the debt."

"My life has changed in that, I have acquired oxen in a short period of time. This will help me in ploughing my farm land come rainy season. I bought windows and plastered my house that had taken long before completion. This transfer also enabled me buy a bigger bed, a mattress that is spacious enough. Previously, I had a smaller mattress that couldn't even accommodate my spouse and our twins although I slept on a mat. I used to get poor yields due to delayed ploughing. Most people who had oxen could prioritize their work before they could hire out the oxen."

"My daily life greatest difference is having bought my wife a phone that enables us to freely communicate and seeing that my house looks nice and beautiful. This is because of the household items such as the new bed, matress, bedsheets, curtains and utensils that beautify it. "

"Every morning I wake up I feel happy because, when I glance at my new house in construction, I feel happy. Before, I used to walk for long distances to look for grass for thatching houses every year."

"That minute when I realized that I had received my first cash transfer, I felt excited. I sat down with my spouse and started budgeting on how to spend it."

"When I saw the mobile money message, I felt too happy. This is because, I had never received such a huge amount of money at the same time."