"I felt very happy for receiving the cash because it gave me hope of buying major household items that I needed urgently"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having acquired 2 cows that are valuable for dowry payment ,this will help in strengthening the relationship between my in- laws and I."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have paid school fees for my two children who are in high school. I am happy and at peace since GiveDirectly has given me an opportunity to pursue my goal of seeing all my children through their education.Earlier I had lost hope on my children's education due to the little income that my household was making."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is living in a spacious house that accommodate the whole family comfortably."

"I felt very happy for receiving the cash, I thanked God because this gave me hope for being able to pay school fees for my children and it also gave me hope of fencing my compound that I had been planning to do for a very long time"

"I felt very happy when I received the cash because during that time I was very broke and couldn't afford buying food for my family, this gave me hope for at least affording food during that season"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a dairy cow now and I am hopeful that after it has reproduced I will get milk and sell some of it to my neighbors to earn my daily income. My two children who are in high school are also going to school with no worries of being sent home for school fees.when I see them every morning going to school ,I get encouraged since I am assured of a brighter future for them."

"I was very happy when I received the cash because during that time my children were supposed to go back to school and they were lacking school items, this gave me hope for buying them what ever they needed when going back to school"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is just living without stress due to school fees as before. This has seriously improve my health. Thanks a lot to GD."

"I felt very happy when I received the cash because by that time I was thinking about buying building materials for constructing a new house and I was also thinking on how I would do farming during that season, my dream would finally come to pass"