"My biggest hardship is lack of enough funds to make my own boat."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a good house now."

"I'm planning to save most of the transfer to my son who is in class eight so that when next year falls and proceed to form one I'll at least have some cash at hand to pay him school fees and other requiremenrs. I'm also planning to buy other household items with the remaining portion of the transfer."

"I plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails and build an iron roofed house. I also plan to cement the walls and floor of the house. I also hope to buy oxen for ploughing my farm."

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to take good care of my siblings after our parents died sixteen years ago."

"Our proudest achievement is that we purchased land with money that we earned from fishing and now that we are beneficiaries of Give Directly funds, we have it easy building our house ."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children are able to go to school without being sent home for fees."

"GiveDirectly helps the whole household while other NGOs help only orphans in a household."

"I plan to buy ironsheet, and build an iron roofed house to live in."

"We plan to invest the money into our small cereal business so that we are able to pay school fees for our children who are in secondary school."