"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family now has a cozy home and my children feed and dress well unlike before we had to put up in my brother's house where we were squeezed and the food was not a guarantee for sometimes we could sleep on empty stomachs."

"In the next six months, I want to finish my course so that I can finally start earning. I have already secured a place where I will work. I will ensure I use my yransfers wisely to pay both my fees and that of my siblings and come next year if all goes well, I will be financially stable. This will help me sustaing my needs and that of my sibling."

"In the next six months, my main goal is to plaster my house. This has been a dream which I have not accomplished because of low income from casual work. Due to weather patterns in my area, I fear one day the rains and the wind might bring down my house. I believe with plastering, it will be stronger and durable as I focus my finances on other family matters than building a new house."

"The biggest difference in my daily life has been serving happy customers in my shop. My customers are now happy that they can find a well stocked shop that has available commodities that can suit their needs."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have settle bills for my daughter in school fully. I am certain that when this will happen, I will have peace since this will mean that she will settle well and will not be sent home due to fee arrears."

"I expect my life to change in the next six month in that I will have started my college studies and I would have also helped my other siblings to pay their school fees."

"On receiving this money, I was happy and full of joy that couldn't be uttered. This was a moment of peace to me and remembering that my troubles were reduced thus I couldn't stop thanking God for using GiveDirectly to come to my village and raise me up from the painful hands of poverty."

"I was happy and joyfully on receiving the notification of money from GiveDirectly because I was entangled into so much trouble that I never knew that there would be a way out someday. I felt grateful in my heart that a new beginning was here at last."

"I was awakened by a message and on checking, it was from GiveDirectly notifying that I had actually received the transfer that they had promised us in our village. Previously I had thought that whatever GiveDirectly had promised was a lie but now this notification fully convinced me that it was a reality. I felt happy and peaceful for I never thought of receiving such an amount of money."

"I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness the moment I saw the notification from GiveDirectly. At least I could afford to smile again after going through tough and hard times in my life, and it gave me peace of mind for now that I would build a new stable house to shelter on."