"The difference has been that of improving the roof of her house with ironsheets and building a better house..She said she had been facing challenges before because her husband is sick and is failing to support the family,,so the money had really helped in the way that she managed to purchase food and other basic necessities.."

"My lifevis no longer the same since receiving money from Givedirectly because i have renovated my house and it is a decent home now rather than in the past when it was in bad shape and the roof was leaking during the rainy season"

"I am a housewife and a mother to 4 children. My longing has been to have a long term investment but due to financial constraints, this dream has never come to pass. I am planning to purchase 4 indigenous dairy cows at 20,000 shillings each. This means good future to my family because I will be able to meet my daily needs such as food. The income I will be getting from the sale of milk will enable me cater for all the needs. In a day I will be selling at least 10 litres of milk and make 500 shillings which is enough for my family needs. We always spend 300 shillings in a day. I will save the rest of the transfers for my children future education. Other than that, I am going to spend the remaining transfer to renovate my house roof which leaks during rainy seasons."

"Having a separate house is what I have desired for a long time since as a polygamous family, I share a house with my co-wife and this does not give me the privacy I deserve. With the transfer from GiveDirectly, I plan to use a better portion ($400) of my first transfer to construct a 2 roomed iron-roofed house for myself. This will guarantee me the happiness of living in a separate house and also giving me the opportunity of welcoming my visitors whom I have canceled their appointments. On the other hand, I also plan to spend the second transfer to buy 3 cows (1 bull plus 2 indigenous dairy cows). These will help me to have a source of income when they breed since I will be selling the milk to my neighbors. Hence, a transformed life."

"My life is currently different from how it would have been had I not received the transfer because if it was not for the money I would be heavily feeling the impacts of the current rains. My previous house had a grass thatched leaking roof and the walls too had been washed off by the rains. I am glad that through the transfers I constructed a better house."

"This money means an iron roofed house, good food,clothes and proper household items for me and my seven children. This is so as my povety worsened when the father of my children left me with all these kids. Since then I struggle to provide for their needs hence this money means a lot to us."

"My house is very small and it can not accommodate us and this has forced my 2 children to seek shelter from my neighbor something that has ashamed me for a long time. When I heard about the arrival of GiveDirectly to our village, my hopes of owning a spacious iron-roofed house got renewed and I am now confident that soon this dream will materialize. My intention once I receive this money is to spend utmost $350 l to construct the house and the remaining amount of the first transfer to cater for beddings. With the second transfer, I plan to buy oxen at $300 to upscale my farming and I will also get 5 goats at $20 each. All this will change my life for the better, a transformation that I have wished for a long time."

"I bought 12 bags of cement that i want to use to plaster my house as i already have a house but failed to finish as i did not have money. I also bought 24 iron sheets for the roof of the boys quaters that i want to build for my children. I also bought a mattress and a blanket as well as a buvet. I also bought 4 bags of the maize. I did not have kitchen utensils so i bought some pots and plates ."

"My life has changed I bought iron sheets that i will use to 're roof my home so that comes the rain I will not have to worry about anything"

"When i received my final transfer from GiveDirectly i bought iron sheets to renovate the roof of my house. I also sent my son to South Africa to look for piece works. I expect him to be sending me assistance when he gets a job."