"I have had a new goals that I could not implement due to financial constraints before receiving this transfer. I had a house before but it got burned and now I am living in a house that is not conducive for me and my family. since the burning of my house my life had not been quite good for me and my family. I also had a plan of building a house but I could not meet up with my plans because of poverty. I have cut sticks more than two to three times but they all got spoiled due to no funds. The coming of GiveDirectly cash transfer has made me to capture the plans of archiving my goals. I have bought some building materials to build a new house for my family and I to stay in the future."

"I live in a mud house with thatched roof and when it rains, everything in my room gets wet and spoil. So I will use my transfer to build a new house so that I can relax and sleep without any worries."

"In my thinking GiveDirectly has done and continue to do well for us that have been living in poverty for so long. Their humanitarian and farsightedness towards the needy is so much remarkable. In my view, GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not well."

"I have always desired to change the old roof on my house and replace it with a new one. Similarly, I also wanted to set a new business by buying and selling gasoline by gallons. Therefore, upon receiving my transfer from GiveDirectly, l purchase two bundles of zinc to change the old roof on my house. Portion of the money was also spent on gasoline for my new business."

"Life has been really tough for me and my family. Getting daily meals and better shelter for my family had been a problem due to financial constraints. The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer from GiveDirectly is that I've never seen this kind of money before and now my life is about to become better. We can now afford good food for our children. I will start to do business to assit my husband take care of our family's needs."

"I was overwhelmed seeing that kind of money on my phone. This is a very generous opportunity to improve my life. I have always wanted to build a new house because of the condition of my current house. The house I currently live in is very old and it leaks.Unfortunately I didn't have the money to do so but with GiveDirectly program I know my life will be better."

"Things have been a bit difficult for my family.My husband is a farmer and our family expenses has been on him alone.The last school year my children didn't go to school because we didn't have enough money to pay their fees. I'm extremely excited that I got enrolled in this program.I used some of my last transfer to pay my children school fees. I also bought a brand new Mattress and I'm saving a little amount of my transfer. When I get the rest of the transfers I will add it to what I have and start to build a house for my family. I'm so grateful to GiveDirectly for this opportunity. Now I can be of assistance to my husband and our lives will improve for the better."

"The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly is that I now see my dream of completing my house coming to passed. Since the death of my husband, life had never been the same. Every money we had was spend on the funeral of my husband, since than I have not been able to raise money to complete the house project due to my poor health condition. With this transfer I bought cement, sand and paint to complete my house."

"My baby and myself had been sleeping on mat since she was born October of this year. With this living condition, the both of us have been suffering from cold. After receiving payment from GiveDirectly, I spend some of my transfer to buy mattress for me and my baby. I also used some of the money to buy babies things for my baby. Finally, I used the balance money and purchased a zinc because I want to build a house that will provide space for my kid and Myself. With plan, we will now have a place of our own."

"Since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, most of my recent transfer was spend on the payment of debts. Due to this debts I was always harassed and shamed. As a single mother, I needed money to start a business that will enable me to take care of my kids, so I took money from my neighbours on a credit basis to start a new business in order to improve the living condition of my children and I. But due to the illness of one my kids, I spend all the money that was loan to me on his treatment. For this reason I got indebted to much people. Now with this transfer I have paid all the debts and started a new business with my own cash. Moreover, I used portion of the money to pay my kid school fees and the rest was spend on food."