"Eversince I received the cash transfer, I feel peaceful because I feed well. My joy is that I will finally sleep under an iron roofed house. I had no hopes of ever sleeping under a permanent house."

"Receiving this money means I can pay off the loans, buy houshold items and construct an iron roofed house."

"Having my own semi permanent house has brought the biggest differnce. I had been living in an old grassthached house. The house was mudwalled and needed regular smearing which was already too much for me. The roof was nolonger in good shape as it always leaked whenever it rained. I so gald to have bild a new descent house using the transfer."

"We have been able to provide for our families effectively, purchasing livestock as assets and most importantly, building better iron-roofed houses thus enjoying good shelter. In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well in our society right from training the community on the best ways to use the money and the extent of making sure that they train them on security measures to help them keep their money safe."

"I have been living in a mud-walled grass-thatched house for the longest time I can remember. This structure requires a lot of maintenance and since I cannot do that myself because of old age, I usually depend on my grandchildren and other family members to maintain it for me. This, I feel, is sometimes a pester to them and takes so much of their time which they would have otherwise utilized it somewhere else. The mud floor also usually has some dust and sometimes affects my health. This will soon change because of the new house that I am almost done building. The iron roofed and timber walled house won't require much maintenance and apart from that, I will also be harvesting water from the roof for household use. I am really happy and grateful for GiveDirectly."

"Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was living in a grass thatched house with no hopes of building a better one. However, my life is currently different because I now live in a decent iron roofed house. The transfer also helped me to cover for my medical expenses. I was sick suffering from tuberculosis and raising enough money for the medical bills was a challenge to me. I am now under medication because of this financial help from GiveDirectly."

"My house had collapsed many years ago. I however did not have enough financial resources to enable me build a new house. I am grateful to GiveDirectly because through their financial support, I built a new iron roofed house to shelter with my family. Had it not been this financial support, I would still be begging my neighbours for shelter. Also, the money helped me in paying for my son's medical bills when he was ill. I would not have managed to pay for the medical expenses were it not for this financial help."

"My life is different in that I managed to build a new iron roofed house. I did not have a good house. I was only sheltering in a grass thatched hut. I am happily staying with my family in the new house, which is the greatest achievement to me. I also paid for my children's school fees which was a challenge to me. I paid for them on time through this transfer. I also replaced my old bedding with new ones and at least I can now afford to sleep comfortably."

"My life has greatly changed and it is currently different after receiving my transfers since I have built a decent spacious house. I now live in a decent iron-roofed house which has boosted my self-esteem in society and given me better comfort. This is a dream that I could not have fulfilled at my own cost. I feel it dawned at an older age. I had for long wished to live in a decent house but my overwhelming family needs never gave me a chance to build one. My house got older and older thus started cracking and weak a situation that was becoming uncomfortable for me. With my age, I lost hope of building a decent house but I thank GiveDirectly since they made it possible for me."

"The money that I received from GiveDirectly empowered me to construct my own semi-permanent house. Ever since I got married I have never enjoyed my marriage life because of the condition of the house. I have always been yarning to enjoy the peace of living in a decent house but this was all in vain. The fact that I am a widow I had almost lost hope in life. But then God answered my prayers. I have always been seeking some shelters from relatives during the winter seasons which was so stressful. After constructing the new spacious iron-roofed hoise I feel it has brought the biggest difference in my daily life. I will no longer suffer during the rain seasons courtesy to GiveDirecty."