"I was very excited because I knew I could use that money to pay school fees to my son in college and have easy burden in the future. "

"I was excited and very happy because Give Directly empowered me. "

"I was happy because I had been promised sometimes back. "

"I felt very happy when I received the money because it gave me hope of doing farming that I always do every season "

"Receiving this money makes me happy.With the plans I have of buying a motorbike ,I have hopes that I am going to achieve it,and that is going to change my life since I will have a stable income and my family will be happy and peaceful. "

"I spent my third transfer to construct a new house because i was sleeping in a small house where we couldn't fit well with other family members. I also rented land to increase on agricultural produce and make sure that there is food in the family. "

"Receiving this money means the beginning of a hopeful future in my life and entire household. I would like to pay fees for my son that dropped out due to lack of school fees and use the remaining part to construct a latrine. Construction of latrine will improve my health and sanitation and control diseases like cholera."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is hunger and extreme poverty. Having no proper source of income makes my household to go without most meals."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is inability to pay back some loan that I took from a loaning institution. This makes me spend sleepless nights as I am afraid that at any given time they may come and arrest me for defaulting."

"The biggest hardship I face is that I haven't been able to provide my family with enough food due to lack of money and the little that I get, mostly I use in paying rent every month."