"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm now happy because I can pay school fess of my children not like before when it was very hard for me to pay fees."

"I felt so happy and seemed this money came from heaven. And I thanked GD for this wonderful opportunity to pick me from a difficult situation."

"I praying that my business will be on the right track by then so that I can start saving more money that we can later use to improve our house which is not in such a good condition."

"My life is totally different. First, I have never had such an amount of cash all my life. This is the first difference. Second, I am a happy person lately. I used to worry and be stressed due to lack of food and poverty. Now I am well fed. Finally, my economic status has improved. I now own a cow and a new house, not to mention the business that I am about to start; it will continuously improve my financial status and life in general. I am happy and grateful, thank you GiveDirectly."

"I recently got married and I hope that in the next six months,I will have saved enough money from my poultry business and the casual jobs that I do to enable me visit my in-laws for an introduction."

"My biggest hardship is managing my children as a single parent."

"Receiving this money means i will pay for my children education and some for treatment."

"We are experiencing hunger due to drought that we are currently facing. we do not have food to eat thus our children sleep on empty stomachs and they even go to school sometimes without taking any food. This is the biggest hardship we are facing in our family."

"My life would still be down economically. It would have taken us up to 10 years to finish building the house that we are currently building. The funds were so timely for us. We have another cow too, courtesy of GiveDirectly. We had an emaciated one that was no longer giving us milk. Things are now better because the GD cow gives us milk for consumption. We have new clothes and sufficient food as a family. My family looks healthier than before; this makes me happy as a parent. I am stress-free unlike before, I used to be awake all night due to anxiety for lack of funds even for food. Nowadays it seems the nights are shorter and daybreak reaches fast due to sound sleep and rest which I did not have before."

"The biggest difference now my house is complete."