"I spent part of my third transfer on sinking a pit latrine. This saved me from using open defecation. I also bought new iron sheets that I used to replace the old leaky ones that covered my house and fitted new windows too to my face lifted house using the remaining amount."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my two daughters in secondary school. The remaining I spent on buying a motor boat. Previously I had to row my boat using an oar which was quite hectic and tiring making long distance to fishing impossible. Now, I am able to go long distances and that means more fish and more money to my household."

"I used my third transfer to plaster the walls and floor of my main house and since then, I don't need to maintain the walls of the house all the time from collapsing. Initially, I used to smear the house with mud and cow dung and it was really a tedious task since getting the smearing materials was not easy-I had to walk longer distances."

"I had constructed a house using my second transfer but I had completed to for lack of funds, so when I received my third transfer, I bought the remaining materials that I used to complete the house. The remaining I spent on buying my school going children some stationery for their class work."

"I spent my third transfer on buying cement that I used to plaster my house. The remaining I spent on food for my family consumption."

"I spent part of my third transfer on buying cement and sand that I used to plaster my earthen floor. I had always longed for a cemented floor, and I was tired of repairing the floor with mud and cow dung all the time. I also paid school fees for my son in secondary school."

"I spent my third transfer on buying cement and sand that I used to plaster my new house I had constructed using my third transfer. I also bought glass windows that I fitted in my new house."

"I have two children in school,my son is taking a vocational training in building materials at our local polytechnic and a daughter in secondary school,so most of my third transfer I spent on paying them school fees. I am grateful I managed to clear the arrears. Probably I would still be looking for money to to do that were it no for the transfers. I also bought my wife some clothes and the remaining on buying two sacks of corn for my family consumption."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a cow for rearing. This acts as my asset, and we have the freedom of my family drinking milk from our own cow, we no longer have to buy milk. The remaining I spent on buying cement and sand that I used to plaster my house. I, no longer have to repair my house with mud frequently."

"i spent my third transfer on completing the house I had started constructing using my previous transfer. I expanded and plastered it. My previous house was so squeezed. It was only ten by ten space house. The one I have now is very spacious enough to complete. GiveDirectly has made my house and village shine."