"The moment I received my money from Give Directly, I felt very decompressed. Stress level plummeted since I would accomplish most of the things that I had been longing for in my life."

"I feel I have moved a step a head and I feel I now belong to a different class being that my house is neat and I also have classic furniture. This makes me so proud."

"The moment I received my first transfer, I felt very happy and thanked God for the un-expected blessing he had granted to me through GiveDirectly to achieve my long term goals such as building a decent three roomed house since I have been staying in my co-wife's house when she is away from the village for work."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy and tried to reach out to GD but the number was busy."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the peace of mind I have for having built a bigger house that fits my family well and can comfortably host visitors too. I also managed to clear the huge school fee balance thus I feel relieved."

"I no longer go hungry because I manged to stock enough food to feed on. My children too now have ample time with their studies without being sent back home for school fee. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I felt very happy when I received my money since I was able to provider food for my family."

"I had gone to the nearest garden to look for vegetables. While in the garden, I heard a message alert but never bothered to check it till I carried the vegetable home. The moment I checked the message and found it was money that I had received from Give Directly, I felt overexcited and jumped while screaming with joy. I tell you, I forgot about the vegetable, ran to the nearby center to inform my spouse of the good news."

"I felt very happy when I received my money since I was able to built a comfortable house."

"Receiving this money means an investment to my household. I intend to recover a garden of land that my brother gave out as security, for a loan that he borrowed two years ago.Use this land to grow crops for food and sale part for household income. My second lumpsum will be for buying a second hand motorcycle which will help me carry out "boda boda" bussiness within and outside my village"