"Receiving this money means that I will be able to offset this year's school fees arrears for my children.One of them joined college recently and another is in secondary school.We were able to pay a part of the fees from our farm proceeds but are yet to clear.Having done that,I will also expand on my poultry farm by first building a better unit and then buying more chicken as a means of investing my transfers"

"I am a widow who is helpless and with no financial stronghold. The cash transfer has enabled me settle old debts thus reclaiming two farm lands that had been attached as collateral. This is the most viable impact in my life."

"The moment I received the money I felt very happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard my phone ring. On checking to see the content of the message, I could not believe what my eyes saw. Never before had I received such an amount of money in my life. From then on, we hardly had any sleep as we celebrated till morning. The fact that I was finally going to be able to buy a chaff cutter machine could not allow me to be calm. I just felt so happy."

"Having no stable source of income has always made it hard for me to invest my transfers in any tangible projects because I mostly spend the money on foodstuff and school fees. Currently, I have plans of buying a few goats and sheep because I have cleared my daughter's school fees which was the most urgent need. I expect to have bought the goats and sheep that I intend to buy so that even when the project is over, I will have something to remind me of Give Directly."

"I'm planning to save the coming transfers so that I can purchase a dairy cow. With the cow, I'll be assured of enough milk for both family consumption and for sale. This will earn me additional income thus my living standards will improve. I believe I will be able to achieve several goals such as building another house which could not be possible when I only depended on the wages I got from the casual jobs."

"I have been saving part of my transfers through merry-go-round and I'm expecting to earn my share soon. Currently, I'm staying in a mud-walled house which is so dusty and dangerous to live in because it can collapse any time. The moment I'll earn my share I'll use it to purchase both sand and cement for plastering my house. I, therefore, plan to save my monthly transfer for the next six months in order to accumulate enough money that will enable me to plaster my house."

"The current house I have is pathetic. The walls have fallen off and the roof is leaking too. I do not feel safe staying in the house anymore. I have, therefore, have the plans of purchasing building materials which I'll use to construct a better house. In the next six months, I believe I'll have constructed a better house."

"I have a plot in the nearby center that I started building before I ran out of funds and left it hanging. My expectation in the near future, therefore, is to finish up the project. Once complete, I will lease out the building for commercial use and through that, I will have a monthly income from rent. The income will help meet my family's basic needs and improve my financial strength."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the overwhelming feeling of delight as I see that soon, I will be able to build my house and it will relieve me from the burden of buying and looking for the already expensive and scarce grass. In addition to this, I am happy that getting this money has enabled me to pay up all the debts that I had accumulated and I am now debt free."

"The biggest difference is that I get clean water for domestic use right in my compound. I used to cover long distances to fetch water from someone's dam. It used to be hectic and I always wanted to buy a water tank to collect rainwater from my roof but this was impossible given that I get little, only enough for food from my farm. I currently get time to do other chores and give more attention to my farm that would have been wasted looking for water. Thank you so much GiveDirectly."