"The moment I received the transfer I felt happy, this was just like a dream because I did not expect it that very day. I just prayed and started using the money by adding stock in my restaurant."

"The moment I received the money I felt very happy because I had never handled such a huge amount of money 10000 was the maximum. I prayed and just relaxed on the bed since I could not sleep anymore . When my wife woke up she was the first one to show the message and she was happy. We decided to sit down and drew a budget."

"I would like to save my next transfers to help me acquire a cow. I believe this is the best investment I can have in my family. When it gives birth, I would be able to sell its offsprings to raise money to solve other financial issues. Whenever it gives birth, I will be able to sell the milk to help me in my daily needs."

"In the next six months, I would want to complete constructing my new house. I still want to save to buy cement and sand which I plan to use in plastering my new house. This will make it look nice, presentable and durable. I would like to build once and for all so that I focus on other things especially educating my children."

"The moment I received the money, I felt too excited because poverty was very severe on me."

"The biggest difference in ny daily life is that we are happy now in our household because we are seeing our house nearing to completion."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, my self esteem has been elevated. Before, I had low self esteem because of low status. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I can now meet my family daily needs without a lot of struggle like it used to be in the past."

"My life has greatly change since I received these money like I eat on time, I sleep peacefully because I no longer think a lot because of money, There is a lighting system, I looking good because I also change clothes and most importantly I'm so happy when I look at my sheep."

"My phone had gone off overnight due to insufficient power so the following morning after switching on the phone I was shocked to receive a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I considered that day the best day of my life."