"I felt very happy and I'm still happy because hopeful I'll built my own house."

"When I received the transfer, I immediately ran happily to inform my husband of the money."

"When I received the money, I was very happy because community members were saying that it was a lie and we would not receive the transfer and also I was going to make a step from my current situation of being poor to being somebody respected in the society. Thank you GD."

"When I received the transfer, I was so happy and got hopes of taking my child back to school."

"When I received my money I felt very happy because I to paid school fees for my daughter."

"The moment when I received my money I felt a sense of liberation and happiness (recipient laughs again for a while) because I could do a number of things with the money, including buying a jembe of my own and stop borrowing from my mother in law any more as has been the case for some time and often inconvenienced both of us."

"I felt very happy because I'm having hope for better future."

"I felt very happy when I received my money because we did have any money for food and buying the iron sheets we needed for building. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"When Gd first told us about the transfers, I did not believe that I could receive such amount which is also non refundable. But when I received the money, I was very happy and believed that GD was real. Thank you so much and God bless you."

"I felt so good when I received my first transfer which had some how delayed as compared to the others. Initially I thought I wouldn't receive it but through God's grace it came."