"The biggest difference in my life ever since I received my transfers is the peace which I got after managing to repay all the monies which I had borrowed to support my business. Secondly., I was able to invest part of the money in boosting my business. Now I get to serve more customers and also earn a good profit from it. The profit which I make enables me to cater to my family needs with less struggle."

"In my opinion, GiveDirecly does well by giving us the freedom of choice on how to spend the transfers on. This is the part I loved the most because everyone has a different need to meet and this enabled us to have better hoses, livestock, businesses, and many more projects. Our loves have now changed greatly and I do not see ay part GD fauld us."

"The dairy cows that I now own have mad my life to be different. This is because currently, they have started reproducing milk which I have started a business of supplying the milk to the local markest daily. This has made me able to provide for my family basic needs with ease unlike before. Also, I am having the remaining amount of money from the business to start some other projects like opening a kiosk. And I believe this will uplift my living standard at a high rate."

"The new goal that I now have is to expand my business of selling some second-hand clothes. This is what I have been depending own and I have been a hawker for all those years but I now want to open a stall specific for that business."

"The equipment that I bought for my farm is the best thing that I have ever done in my life. I currently run a business using the chaff cutter to make feeds for my neighbors at a fee. I make an extra income making silage after cutting fodder for them. My milk production also has gone up due to proper feeding. All feeds are well utilized as the animals are able to consume all the fodder as they are all cut to size. I sometimes sell feeds to other farmers. I am currently having a long queue of farmers who have south my services. This makes me a busy man unlike before when I used to have very little work to do. I love making income this way and I am so grateful to GiveDireclty."

"The biggest difference in my life is the business that I am about to start in a shop that I have built on my farm. I would not have been able to build this without GiveDirectly. I am just struggling to complete it and start a better live back in my village. My business here in the city has become unprofitable. I need to settle beck on my village with an income activity. This has only been made possible by these transfers. I am hopeful that I will son complete the shop construction and start the business."

"The house I was living was too old and too small. My children had been asking me why I had not put up a proper house especially whenever it rained. My income from a small business and farming was not enough for our daily provisions as well as doing home improvement. When I received the money from GiveDirectly , I decided to end my misery by building a nice house. My children are now comfortable living in a house that does not leak even during this heavy rain season." (Occupation: Small business)

"Having a daily income from sale of milk is going to be my most valuable achievement this years. After the corona virus outbreak, the business I used to run on selling second hand clothes in local markets here has been banned. This has made me go back to a point where I earn nothing at all. However milk production from the cow that I bought will cushion me. I am so grateful that I will still be making some money while staying at home for the next several months."

"Since I started receiving transfers from GD, I have realised a significant improvement in my financial life. This is because I now have regular income unlike before when I used to rely on income from casual work which was not even reliable. I used to struggle to get an income and as a result, I used to beg a lot but since I started a business with part of my transfers, I have a reliable source of income from the business. I feel things are moving on well from my end because of the transfers."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I would have transferred all the tea seedling from the nursery bed to the farm. I will devote much of my time to other income-generating activities which will boost my daily income." (Occupation: Small business)