"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer stay in a rental house as before now that I have my own house. Am also able to get some income from my shop business to cater for my basic needs, unlike before when I totally relied on my husband."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, am independent and nolonger depend on my parents for support now that I have my own business where I earn an income. Thank you GD for the transfers."

"The moment when I received my money I felt excited because that was the largest amount of money I had ever seen and handled in my life and I knew I would achieve much with it."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to pay school fees for my children."

"Since my husband passed on, plowing had been a problem because I never had means of doing it-I was not properly connected to people who had bulls and at the same time, I never had money for hiring them. This could be the reason why we couldn't harvest much that also translated to frequent food scarcity in my house but since I got this money and bought my bull and an oxen-driven plough, I see a big difference in my daily life; I don't need to be worried any day since I plow with it more comfortably."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel useful now and self reliant with the groceries shop business that I get profit from and which also keeps me busy."

"The moment when I received my money I was in such dire need of food and better housing that I got overwhelmed with a strong sense of gratitude to GD. Thank you very much."

"The moment I received my money I felt extremely blessed ; It happens that my husband and I were in such a desperate situation that we spread a rough papyrus mat on a borrowed bed to sleep every night for the past many years. Thank you for the transfers, we managed to buy our first mattress and also took care of other needs!"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a very nice house. My family is safe from the rains. Thanks to GiveDirectly for the transfers. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now afford to feed my family well daily and my children's health has greatly improved thanks to the transfers from GD."