"The biggest difference in my daily life is having an iron sheet roofed house that gives me a better housing and since it's along the road, I plan to utilize part of it as a grocery shop to earn money."

"My additional in the next four months is to buy building materials which I will use in building a new house. The one I have now is old and the roof has turned brown. It is not a decent one and I would want to have a better house because I used second-hand iron sheets to build the house."

"Iam optimistic that this money will able me get comfortable accommodation by building iron-roofed house which has been in my dreams. This will solve the issue of termites that keep on destroying my current roof and it ends up leaking whether rains pours. My family members some times keep on suffering from pneumonia because of coldness."

"I used to live in a grass-thatched house because my income was very low. I only depended only on income from casual work which was not only small but also inconsistent. This is the reason why I could not manage to build a new house. The little I got I would use in basic needs of the family. I would even have to take grass on credit to repair my roof. When I started receiving transfers, I used to save for a period of 8 months. I used the savings to buy building materials such as iron sheets timber and nails which I used on building a new house for my family. I feel relieved because of the new house."

"The big difference now is that I have paid my child's school fees in time and the construction of an iron roofed house for my self is in progress. I am currently sleeping in the hut with a leaky roof but with confidence that I will soon move to a comfortable house. Thank you to Give Directly for the transfers."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the changed lifestyle as I will be soon moving into my complete iron roofed house and leaving the grass thatched house that has always drained me in terms of renovating it."

"Compared to before when I used to beg for farm land to cultivate some food crops, I am now an extremely happy person because I was able to get back my land and farming on it freely. I am also happy because I see that the plan of having an iron roofed house is coming to reality since I already have started molding bricks and plan to buy iron sheets with my saved money. Hence, a biggest difference in my daily life."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to take care of the education needs of my children, and build an iron roofed house for my household. I will be able to have a descent accommodation and pay school fees in time."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. The one that I sleep in leeks. Grass is scarce these days and at my age, I am not able to look for it. "

"Receiving this money means giving my children proper education which will make her very independent and supportive to my household. Currently, I am able to pay school fees for my children through farming which is not reliable. The balance of the money, I will spend on constructing an iron roofed house which will reduce the burden of renovating the house yearly."