"If I could not receive cash transfer from give directly I could not have managed to put up a nice spacious iron roofed house as I did. I could still be staying in a very small a grass-thatched leaking house and very sure by now it could have fallen down. I am very grateful to Give directly for changing my life."

"My wish has been to construct a decent house for myself. Currently, my house is about fall but I have no been able to renovate it due to lack of adequate finances. Receiving this money means accomplishment of my desire since am planning to spend 300 USD on building a new iron-roofed house. I will use remaining amount will support my grandchildren educational needs."

"Having my own semi-permanent house has made my life to be different which is something that I can proudly mention. The house that was initially my shelter was in a poor state. Its roof had worn out and leaking whenever it rained. I have never enjoyed the peace of living in a decent house and could only admire those of my friends and neighbors. Whenever it could rain, I always had to seek shelter from them and this was so stressful. I am glad that the story changed recently. Having a new decent semi-permanent and an iron-roofed house has brought enjoy in my life like the rest. I no longer have to worry about the rains. I am grateful for the financial support that I got from GiveDirectly."

"To me, GiveDirectly has done well in reducing poverty in our society. 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. I greatly appreciate GiveDirectly. I would wish to ask GD just to complete one location before going to another and try to reach everyone to avoid false hopes among the residents of a location."

"Our home has become beautiful even when the house we started is not yet complete. I am hopeful that it is going to be more beautiful when I complete the whole construction process. I chose to construct an iron roofed house because maintaining a grass thatched has become expensive due to scarcity of the grass. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me change my house status."

"My mind is settled now because I have bought some materials for constructing an Iron roofed house come my second my second transfer. I intend to move into this house when I retire. Previously, I was stressed because I had no house to go to after leaving my job."

"The biggest difference in my daily life that has occurred to me over the last four months is the cow that I have bought with the money from merry go round contributions that we normally conduct with other household members. I was able to accumulate funds from this merry go round and with those funds, I was able to buy a cow that I am optimistic shall be of great help to me and to my family going forward. I have also been able to improve my place of residence from a grass thatched house to an iron roofed house from these monthly transfers and with the help from my sons who earn some extra income from the casual jobs they are doing."

"I used my first transfer for buying materials (sand and cement) that I used for plastering my house. I bought chairs, a mattress and 14 iron sheets. I am currently laying bricks that I intend to use for constructing another iron roofed house."

"A decent shelter for my family of 4 members is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, we are living in a small, leaking roof house. I am planning to spend 250 USD to construct a nice iron-roofed house."

"My greatest desire has been to have a sustainable source of income. I intend to start a poultry business that will earn us an additional income using the first transfers. For the second transfers, I will use it to repair the leaking roof of our house."