"It was so good for me to get money. I felt empowered and uplifted because I did not expect it."

"Seating at home and thinking what to do next and then you get free money, it just triggered off my happiness and hope that no more suffering. I was happy."

"The day I received this money the best moment in my life I may say, because I smiled genuinely."

"I can say that Give Directly targets the poorest objectively as opposed to subjectively and I would only urge them they make their projects a little longer. I have a feeling that they offer us help for a shorter period something that they are not doing right."

"I spent the third transfer on paying school fee for my son who is in high school. I also bought an ox for ploughing which has really changed my farming style. I then bought water pipes which I am using for directing irrigation water to my farm."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am no longer staying together with my child as he misses school days but instead enrolled him in a school something that has elevated my self-esteem as a mother even if educating him has not been that easy."

"The moment when I received my money, I felt overcome with tears because I was in a state of despair by then ; It so happens that we have a child who was to join High school in a few weeks’ time, yet my husband who is the main breadwinner had been sick and bedridden for two months already. The Transfer came as a savior."

"In my opinion, GD has done well by transforming the life of vulnerable people in the village. GD has not done well by stopping the transfer."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a daily income from the pest control services I offer for cash."

"I have seen a lot of difference I now have a wonderful house and I am into business as well things that I never thought I could achieve."