"This transfer has transformed our lives. Having paid the college fees for my son, I no longer have thoughts on where I am going to get money to do that. I feel much better like a heavy load has been taken off my shoulder. The transfer also enabled us to buy the two calves, which has been the investment that we have always wanted. We will take care of the two calves and when they grow and reproduce, we will be able to get milk that our children can consume and we can sell some. The money from milk sales will help us with other important things. Also, with time when these calves have grown, they will multiply in number and we can sell some of the offsprings and invest the money on other things."

"The money from GiveDirectly is going to create a very big difference in our life as a family. We will be able to finish constructing the house that had become hard for us to complete. We will therefore be able to live comfortably when the house gets finished and we will no longer be having worries about where we are to get money to complete it. The two goats that we bought are going to multiply in number with time and hence it can help us with other things. We can sell some of them and use the money in expanding the business or to attend to an emergency that might occur. The calf that we plan to buy with the remaining money will grow and when it reproduces, we will be able to get milk that my family can consume. We will hence be able to save up money that we have been using on buying milk. Also, with the two bags of maize that we bought with the transfer, we will be able to have something to eat for quite some time as we wait for the ones on the farm to ripen. We will thus not worry about what we are going to eat."

"It was early in the morning when I had woken up when I heard the SMS notification on my phone. I wondered who could have thought of contacting me this early and I decided to check it. I was filled with a lot of happiness on seeing the SMS saying that I had received my first transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I could not hide my joy and I informed my whole family of the good news. They were so happy to hear this and they joined me in the celebration. I gave thanks to God because He had answered my prayer and opened a way for me."

"With this piece of land that we have bought, our lives are going to change for the better. Our cows will have enough space to graze. I also plan to till part of the land and plant some crops such as maize and grass for the cows. This way, my family will have food to eat and we will be able to get grass to feed the cows. The cows that we are taking care of, will also be of great benefit to us. We will be able to get milk that the family can consume and we can sell some. The money from the milk sales will enable us to invest in other things such as buying goats that we can rear."

"It was early in the morning and we were still asleep when I heard an SMS notification on my phone. I checked it and I could not believe what I was seeing. The message was saying that I had received my first transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and I immediately informed my wife of the good news. She was so happy too and we woke up to celebrate with our children. We said thank you to God and GiveDirectly because we knew we were going to fulfill what we have always wanted to do."

"This transfer from GiveDirectly has helped me in various ways. I bought a cow with part of it and a barbed wire. I also bought some clothes for ourselves and that for our children. We have been buying milk for quite some time and hence it has always been our desire to have our cow because it will bring a lot of benefit to us. This has though been quite hard for us to achieve due to lack of such a large sum of money. The small amounts of money that we have been getting have mostly been going to buying food, milk, and payment of d-light solar that I had taken on hire purchase. These whole expenses usually make a total of about 2000/= per week. My wife and I are in small self-help groups. It was going to be our turn to receive the group contribution and we had planned that we were going to use the money in buying a cow. However, there was a change of plans when we received the transfer from GiveDirectly. We decided to use the transfer on buying the cow and hence the amount from the group contribution will help us in other things. Thank you GiveDirectly for enabling us to achieve our dreams."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is ability to provide for my family hence relieving my husband of financial distress. This is because we normally depend on him for everything. Sometimes when in lack, I used buy goods on credit hence increasing his financial burden and this would bother him so much. I am also happy because I have my own my dairy cow which has relieved me of buying a liter of milk per day which were quite costly. At times, I would buy milk only to find out that's spoilt and that would really break my heart. I am also grateful to GD because I have been able family's basic needs and theres tranquility in my home."

"Being Sickness has brought alot of distubances in my family i couldnt go faming anymore i have always seen my wife suffering as she is the only one trying to look for food for the house and i wish there was a way i could help"

"When I woke up at a quarter to six while trying to check what time it was to my surprise I found out that GD had send me my transfers as they had promised. I shouted for joy until all my kids woke up and they joined in celebration of the GD money. We then offered a thanksgiving prayer to GOD for GiveDirectly. We were overwhelmed with joy the whole day that day because we hadn't received such a lump sum before."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the dream of building my own house has come to pass and soon I will be proudly living in my own house. We married about a year and a half ago just after finishing fourth form and have been able to built our own house because my husband was jobless.Living in our parents house has been quite tough because we have been mocked all the time and there has been no peace at all. But I am very grateful to GD for making my dream come true."