My life is totally different. First, I have never had such an amount of cash all my life. This is the first difference. Second, I am a happy person lately. I used to worry and be stressed due to lack of food and poverty. Now I am well fed. Finally, my economic status has improved. I now own a cow and a new house, not to mention the business that I am about to start; it will continuously improve my financial status and life in general. I am happy and grateful, thank you GiveDirectly.

In my view, GiveDirectly does well to lift people from poverty. I never knew I will build a house due to lack of funds and a tough life. Now I have a new house courtesy of GiveDirectly. The one I had was old and worn out. I do not see something that GD is not doing well.

I am yet to spend the second transfer that GiveDirectly sent me. I plan to start a business of buying and selling livestock. I will buy the emaciated ones, de-worm them, feed them well and get them fattened then sell them at a good price. This will take me at least a month. Buying emaciated cows that are suffering are quite cheap because owners sell them at a throw away price. I know I will get good returns from the business.

The biggest difference in my life is that I am now building a new house. The one I have been living in had been debilitated - run down walls , leaking roof - and it was unbearable during raining seasons. I even had to keep shifting in the house to a better spot to avoid being rained on. There were times that water would even come out as fissures from the cracked floor because we live in a terrain that is susceptible to water flowing from the ground. During those times we would just try to drain the water out. My life is so much better because of Give Directly. I am now happy and stress-free. I can even see a cow in my compound and I feel happy. I feel like a human being too and I am grateful.

I was on my way home from the shopping center when I noticed the funds from Give Directly had arrived. I was so happy because I had not received such funds before. Thank you for the transfer.

The first transfer from Give Directly enabled me to buy a cow, goats, build a house and plant crops - maize and beans for sale of consumption. I also bought clothes and food. I thought of changing my life to be better. I had been living in a run-down thatched house so I needed a house and I am almost done building it - I bought iron sheets for roofing and paid labor. I also did not have a cow and I used to borrow milk from my neighbors or buy when I could. Now I have my own cow that will soon give me milk. I have been having one attire also, I really needed clothes and I have changed my look. I was in need of food too and the funds helped me to buy some.