"The moment I received the money I was very excited. I was teaching the pupils in class and ignored the message thinking that maybe it was a cornman. I decided to read the message anyway and when I realized that it was from GiveDirectly, I laughed and dance with joy and the pupils did the same because they thoughed the teacher had switched to a dancing class and aftre the lesson I immediately went and paid my children's fee and bought food because I had nothing in store for luch."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of proper house. My house is small in size and leaks whenever it rains. This make me feel uncomfortable with my family members."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is inability to pay school fees for my children. I never went to school and doesn't want my children to suffer the same difficult life that I experience daily due to lack of proper education."

"Receiving this money means a great breakthrough in my life. I would like to purchase some piece of land where I can built my own home. We lack enough land where we can do our own expansion and development."

"Receiving this money means improved human dignity to my household as a whole. I would like to construct a new house of iron sheet that is more comfortable and spacious for my household. I would also like to start a small scale businesses."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is extreme poverty. I have been unable to associate well with my fellow community members because they feel uncomfortable to identify themselves with my situation of malnutrition and lack of food."

"I spent my third transfer on buying construction materials as I accomplish preparations for building my house. I also completed payment of my plot of land which I had partially paid using the first transfers."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now get daily income of at least 7,000/= from my motorcycle (boda boda) which I bought using the GD transfer."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now sleep in a descent house and my son is employed in the transport sector where he earns money to provide basic needs for me."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now have land for cultivation which I didn't have before. Now food security is guaranteed in my home in future since I am growing food this season."