"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I used to live a life full of worries on how to get money to pay for my children's education. I thank God because all this is in the past now since I was able to pay school fees for both first and second term for my child who is in high school. I am now happy that I have few arrears to clear before the end of this year and I am sure that I will have paid them by the end of March. This leaves me a stress-free parent this year and so far, this is the biggest difference the transfers has brought into my life."

"My life is different comparing with who I was in the past when I worked as a casual laborer in my neighbor's farm. I am now my own boss and carrying out my duties without supervision. My household's lifestyle has also improved because we can take dietary meals which was not the case in the recent past."

"My life has greatly changed because my children who had dropped out of college due to lack of fee managed to resume their classes and I now believe they will be empowered to become better people in future. I also managed to start a cereals business which I can rely on as a source of income."

"My life is currently different because I no longer depend on daily income from casual work in rich neighbors coffee farm. I bought a motorbike which has enabled my husband to venture into bodaboda business which is now earning the family income. My daughter who was almost dropping out of school had her fees settled. Had it not for this transfer, my daughter would have ended up dropping out of school and getting into early marriage as it is the common practice among the poor families in my community. I am now happy since I believe she will finish her studies and become a dependent member of my family. Building a new house gave us a lot of comfort and peace of mind. We no longer live with our children in the same room because our children now have their own room a factor that has created a lot of happiness in our family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now save the money which I would otherwise use in buying water and the ones I get from the sale of milk unlike before when I only used to spend them. This is because I was able to connect piped water and my cattle are now get enough water daily. This has led to increased milk production and I can now sell some of them and get some money to use."

"Previously I was living in a house that was in a bad state and because I had no money to renovate it, It was swept away by rains, leaving me and my family without a home, and my hopes of building a new house ended that day. From then, I would seek accommodation from my neighbors who were willing to help, me and my family. Thanks to GiveDirectly since at this time, I am in my own house living happily with my family. Owning a house is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest difference is that I stay in a better house and cook in a good kitchen. This was not the case for my previous house used to leak during rainy reasons and cooking was difficult. My granddaughter is no longer sent home for school fees like she used to before. I expect that her performance in school will also improve considering that there are minimal disruptions with her classes."

"I have experienced a great change compared to my previous life. I now posses so many things which I never expected in my life. My children can now go to school without any hindrance, I have cultivated my two acres of land and have already planted sugarcane, out it I will be a rich man out of my farm production."

"GD has enabled us materialize the dream of building a better house, something that could still be a dream. We could still be struggling to begin the construction because the laden of paying school fees for my three children who are at secondary school could have been a challenge to us. Hence, GD's financial boost has indeed changed my life by easing the financial constraints that I had."

"Since I received money from GD my life has changed because I can manage to get all my meals daily which in the past was unheard of. I also have a big house which is comfortable as compared to the one I was formerly living in. I also have a dairy cow which provides me with milk for consumption and for sale."