"Having food in my house makes me happy. We have been having the challenge of getting enough food for a while. There was an outbreak of a certain disease that affected our maize plantation. Since 2014, we have been buying maize since it is our staple food. I have managed to buy some sacks of maize which can last us for about three months. What warms my heart every day is enough food we have because we will not sleep hungry anymore. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I expect to save more of these transfers to buy building materials i.e cement and sand to plaster my unfinished home. I will be living in my own home and in a beautiful house that can accommodate my growing family."

"It was around 8 am as I was going on with my daily activities when I received two consecutive messages. Upon checking its content, my heart was filled with happiness. This marked a new dawn in my life as I knew that I was soon going to actualize my dream of starting a business and that I would be able to pay my house rent for that month."

"It was around 6 am as I was waking up when I received a message notification. Upon reading its content, I was filled with happiness as it indicated that I had received a lump sum amount of money from GiveDirectly. I whispered a word of prayer to thank God for His blessings upon my family on that beautiful morning."

"In the past four months, I have been able to pay school fees for my child without a struggle hence my child gets to study well because he is never sent away from school. I also managed to register for a tailoring course as this has been my dream. I also managed to save and bought livestock for rearing for sale later when I experience any financial constraint."

"It has always been my dream to start up a business of selling new clothes and shoes. When I received my recent transfer, I spent part of it in making some shelves which I am intending to use in a shop which I am planning to open. Since I received my transfer during the December holiday, I decided to visit my parents because I had stayed for a whole year without visiting them. Therefore, I used the remaining amount as transport to home and in buying some shopping for my parents and siblings since I could not go home empty handed."

"I am very optimistic that in the next six months I would built my own traditional house called 'Simba '.This will be necessitated from the profits I will get out of selling these goats and buy building materials that are needed for the project."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I can feed well because the motor bike I bought helps me to generate daily income for my family."

"First and foremost I received this transfer at 2 am in the morning and I did not realize like money was sent to my phone. When I woke in the course of the night and checked the phone and money was in my phone I became so happy at the highest level. I woke up my wife from sleep and I informed her that Give Directly has sent us money and I told her to keep calm until its morning such that we can plan on how to spend the transfer."

"My goals now are to open up a retail shop again after the one we owned burned down."