"The moment I received my money was very happy since I had a crisis regarding a portion of my wall that had just been washed off by rain water and being a widow, I had other demands and could not have worked on this on my own immediately.. Thank you very much GD for rescuing me."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a house I didn't have so I'll no longer have to stay in rental house. This makes me so proud and feel independent."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm now in my own compound hence I can freely make my own decisions and am also happy that my current house is very spacious, stable and doesn't leak as the previous one."

"My life has improved because I have managed to build a three room house. I feel independent having a house unlike before that I used to stay in rental house with no house."

"I was from work (causual laborer) in the evening and a message popped up on my phone and looking into it ,I saw a message verifying to me that money had be sent from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy since I had never received a lumpsum amount of money like this out of good will in my whole life which would alleviate me from poverty."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my house is now very spacious and it accommodates my visitors comfortably without asking for accommodation at my mother-in-law's house as before. A BIG thank you to GiveDirectly."

"When I received my transfer, I felt so happy because it would bring to end the suffering that the family was undergoing at that moment. The serious hunger that had truck the family would be no ore with the transfer."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the transfer helped me clear my child's school fees, thus I concentrate on other things other than raising money for fees through doing odd jobs."

"The biggest difference in my daily ife is that I now have a bed and a mattress on which I sleep so comfortably, unlike before, when I used to sleep on a very uncomfortable mat."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that having constructed a kitchen, my daughters today are able to sleep separately from my sons. Before they used to all sleep in the same house at my older son's house but today, the girls sleep in the kitchen while the boys sleep in the same house they used to sleep in. Today, the girls are able to study peacefully since they are free from the boys distractions. This I believe will have a positive impact in their performance at school. I also have a place to peacefully cook, I no longer cook outside where it was a bit tricky cooking during rainy seasons."