"My life has greatly changed. I can now sustain my income and provide for my family with my motorbike that I bought with the Give Directly transfers. Give Directly greatly changed my life." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have withdrawn the second transfer and used it to pay fees for my children, renovating my house, repair of a grounded motorcycle that has become addition source of income and expanding my existing small scale business."

"I am very peaceful as I have an improved shelter. I am no longer worried when it rains or strong winds blow across as before. I feel so happy also because my children have got an opportunity to study in boarding school of quality education. I have hope in providing for my family's basic needs like food from the motorcycle operation business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"When i receive this money, i will build a house and buy a motorcycle to help in boda boda business."

"Seeing my daughter neatly dressed in full school uniform continuing with her studies is the greatest achievement in my life. This is because two of my children were not able to continue with their studies because I couldn't afford the secondary education school fee. I'm so proud and happy I was able to pay my daughter's school fees and this is the biggest differenc ein my daily life." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My life has really improved since i received the transfer compared to my life before. In our family we don't have enough land and the only work that can boost the family income is sugarcane farming, and this can only be achieved by leasing a piece of land which i have done. This was not possible before due to lack of land. By now I have tilted the land which i have leased, paid for the seed and now waiting for rainfall to begin for planting. I am hopeful that i will fetch a lot of money out of farming which I will use to meet my family needs and initiate other development project like dairy farming." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"It was around seven in the morning when I was scrolling my phone and all over sudden I received a confirmation message that I had received monney from Givedirectly. It was such a jouyous moment, shared the news with my spouse and we both celebreated." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference is that my house is now stable having a built a stronger wall. My previous house was almost falling off due to weak mud walls. I also own a cow which makes me a proud man whenever I graze it around my compound." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference is that I no longer ride a borrowed motorcycle hence all the profits I make I use for my family needs. Before, I would find it very hard to make ends meet with the little I used to get after giving motorcycle owner his income. The remaining amount was too little to meet all my family demands but since I started riding my own, I have been able to provide for the family and even save the rest which has improved my financial strength." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I did spend my first transfer to purchase 25 pieces of iron sheets and timber to help me build a house. Initially, I used to stay with my brother but I really desired to be independent by owning my own home but this was a challenge because of low income from my motorcycle business. Besides that, I bought my children new clothes and bought enough food to take us through the whole month."