"The day I received the alert from GiveDirectly, it was the happiest moment of my life. This transfer came the time I was almost giving up on life."

"I was in the bathroom when the transfer alert came on my phone, with excitement I nearly jump out of the bathroom naked. I was so excited because this transfer came the right time that I needed money the most. This transfer has brought so much relieved to me and my children."

"I've wanted to expand my house by creating additional two rooms. This would provide more space and comfort for my family and I. Hence, when I received my transfer, I bought two bundles of zinc and few bags of cement to expand my house by adding two more rooms."

"Since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, my daily life and that of family has changed for the better. For the passed rainy months, we have been living in total sadness because the roof of our house was leaking badly to the extent that we could preferred sitting outside of the house than inside the house when ever its rains. The whole house would get soak with all our belongings. This caused us serious embarrassment for so long, now with this transfer, we bought zinc, nail, planks and others roofing materials to change the roof from the old thatched and leaking roof to a zinc and better roof. We now go to bed as a happy family not worrying about the roof anymore. For this reason we are grateful to Give Directly."

"Since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, most of my recent transfer was spend on purchasing net to start a fishing business that could improve the lives of my family and I. I also used some of the money to buy empty bags for my new coal business. Moreover, portion of my transfer was used to pay someone gather enough wood so that I could produce enough coal. Finally, I used my balance transfer to contract someone build dryer which will enable me dried enough fish for sale. This will provide me the opportunity to expand my fish business to some bigger towns and cities for sale. With this plan I'll have additional source of income to cater to the basic needs of my family."

"I was so happy that I danced because I have an unfinished house project which is at a point of standstill due to the lack of money. Since my husband left me during the civil war, I have struggled to sustain my children and I."

"The biggest hard time I am facing is food and a good house. My family and I depend on farming to survive but the only person that was helping me with this work, was my husband but he died since 7 years ago, now I have to do the work all by myself to provide for the children."

"I was happy because I didn't have money to send my children to school."

"I will use my transfer to build a house and start a maize farm."

"GiveDirectly does everything good because the staff don't request any favors from us."