"I received my money the moment we never had anything to eat or money to buy food-that previous night, we went to bed empty stomach and therefore when I checked my phone and realized that the money was from Give Directly, I felt very excited since we would buy food, eat and live a good health."

"i was happy when I received the transfer because it came when I my child had been sent out of school due to fee but I didn't have any money to take him back with. It also came when my family had gone without food the previous night because there wasn't any money for food at the time."

"I have experienced so many changes in my daily life and the biggest of them all is the acquisition of my own water pump which I believe is going to greatly improve my farming activities."

"I was so excited and I screamed aloud when I received the transfer because I have always worked all my life but I've never had a chance to get amount of money closer to this."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have acquired a good house which seemed impossible in my entire life."

"I was very happy when I received the transfer because I never expected it at the time it came and I also never worked for it."

"The biggest difference in my life since I began receiving my transfers is that I have become an employer rather than an employee as was the case before. My lifestyle too has changed with the daily income I get from my tailoring work."

"The money reached us at a time when my husband was the one with the phone. I saw him smiling, though I couldn't tell till he confided the message to me. I was overjoyed indeed since I would now get food for us to eat."

"The moment I received my money, I was so relieved because my son had been sent home for fees."

"The moment i received my money, I felt so happy because I was stuck with my child at home while his colleagues were in school, so I paid for him the fees balance immediately to allow him return to school."