"The biggest difference is that even with visitors around cooking can carry on with minimal disruptions in a more secretive place. This makes me comfortable to host my church members for a fellowship at any time and any day which was not the case before when I used to cook in the living room."

"I t was very difficult in terms of transport, the burden of debts, I slept in a house with a shattered door, receiving this money put a big smile on my face because I knew that my problems would be solved."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I and my family are always smiling because this money has helped us start the construction of a better structure than we are currently staying in."

"The moment I received my transfer I knew I was going to resume sugarcane farming to help me generate income for family members."

"In the next six months, one of my cows will be producing milk. This will empower me as my household wiill meet its needs easily. I will be very happy to feed and keep the cow well and not worry any further about food. The money I will get form selling milk will be meeeting my basic needs and that of my familt."

"My life will have changed in the next six months as I will be economically stronger. I will have a barber business that will be a constant source of income."

"Living in an incomplete house is not secure. We had to sleep in worry because we had to use a broken door to protect ourselves and the windows also were not complete. Our ambition of completing the house came into reality after financial assistance from GiveDirectly. We managed to purchase materials to complete our house now we can sleep peacefully not fearing wild animals may attack us. This the biggest difference in my daily life."

"For so long, I had been praying to ask God to provide me with a means of getting money to use in supporting my family since I was passing through difficult times in my life. When I received my transfer I was filled with happiness as God had answered my prayers. I started singing to praise Him for His blessings."

"I have joined a savings group where I expect to save until I can be able to buy a pig for rearing for financial security for my family. I have already invested in buying wire mesh to build a poultry farm as I plan to rear and sell later. I can say I do not beg anymore from relatives in order to live."

"In the next six months l expect to have started my project of cattle keeping."