"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I was able to buy building materials such as iron sheets which I will use in building a new house. I have been living in a grass thatched house which is small and the grass on the roof had started coming off. I have been feeling as if soon I will not have a house anymore. With GD transfers, I was able to buy iron sheets which I will use to put up a new house in my own compound. This really makes me feel happy."

"I live in a small house with only one room and my children are growing up very fast.This means that soon I will need a bigger house with more rooms.I am therefore planning to spend my first transfer on building a one bed roomed house made of iron sheet roof.The roof will help me collect water during the rainy season.I will also buy a dairy cow which will provide milk for my children and surplus for sale.I will use the second transfer to start a grocery business.This will save me from the casual labour I often do which is very tasking and tiresome."

"My life has improved because I have constructed an iron roofed house which has releived me the burden of looking for thatch for renovating the house yearly. I feel happy and every day I wake up, I tell God thankyou and ask him to provide for GiveDirectly so that they can support more people."

"Receiving this money means building and staying in a permanent house that is iron roofed and free from termite infestation. It is very expensive to renovate a grass thatched out every given te fact that finding grass for thatching is very difficult. Sleeping in an iron roofed house will enable me to save money that would have otherwise been spent on renovation."

"My life is different in that, I have built a permanent house for my self that is left with roofing. Once I shift to my new house, I will be relieved from the rats that are currently destoying my household items."

"In my opinion,GiveDirectly has done well giving money that has enabled me build iron sheet roofed houses, pay childrens school fees mainly. I don't see anything it hasn't done well. "

"My life is much comfortable than it was in the past. For instance I constructed a three roomed house with the second cash transfers. This is a miracle to me because I never thought I would sleep under an iron roofed house. I knew I would die sleeping under a thatched house. I am very grateful to GiveDirectly for transforming our lives."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I have been able to buy some iron sheets and timber. I am planning to use them to build a spacious house for my family. The house I am currently living in is small and is grass thatched hence need to improve it by building an iron-roofed house. This is the standard in my village and I would not want to lag behind in a grass thatched house."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now staying in iron roofed house as compared before when I was staying in thatched leaky house where most of things where being rained. "

"These financial support have enabled me construct an iron roofed house that I am currently staying in, which I wouldn't have built had I not received these transfers. Furthermore, I have acquired a bigger mattress and new clothes. Before receiving these transfers I was sleeping in grass thatched hut that could leak whenever it rained and also renovating it, was very costly given the scarcity of grass in our community."