"My son called early morning and informed me that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt very happy because I had no food and basic necessities."

"We have been able to plaster all the interior walls and cement the house floor. Previously we could not afford to carryout this singel handedly."

"My son called the day after and told me that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was very happy at that moment."

"I received a mobile money message early in the morning. I was extremely happy when I read the message."

"My expectation in the near future is to have cleared paying a loan that I am currently servicing. Once I'm done with it, I want to expand my tea farm by planting the tea seedlings that I currently have in a nursery. The seedlings should be ready in the next planting season. I also expect that my cow would have calved and I would no longer be spending money on milk for household consumption but rather I will be selling the excess of the milk for an extra income."

"Since I did not know how to operate my phone, I heard a notification but feared to touch the phone and called my son who checked and told me it was money from GiveDirectly. At that moment, I felt happy that I made joyous noise. "

"Buying milk had been my daily routine and as a way of reducing my daily expenditure, I settled on buying a dairy cow using part of my transfers. I had always been planning to do this but was not able to due to limited resources. I am hoping that it will be calving soon and I will no longer be spending on milk as I do currently. Also, I will have enough milk for my household use and sales to earn an income to use in paying for my children's education. Owning this dairy cow is so far the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I spent the larger portion of my recent transfer to pay my house rent.I am glad GiveDirectly did not allow me to be sent away from my house due to late payment of rent. The rest of the transfer I used on boosting my wife grocery business. It has not been doing well because its our main source of income and all my needs most of the times depends on the profits from the business. I am glad the business is now picking up well thanks to GiveDirectly."

"Before GD came to my life, I did not have any good income. I used to rely on a small income from casual work and odd jobs in my area. In many occasions, I would go for three days without getting any money because I did not have anything to do. I used to struggle to make ends meet and would have to beg and seek help from friends and family just to put food on the table. When I received my first transfer, I used part of it to start a fruit selling business which has been very helpful. I have stopped begging and borrowing because of the profits, I get money for my daily needs. In as much as it is not much but it has changed my life."

"My younger brother who is currently in primary seven had dropped out of school for close to a year after my parents failed to raise money to clear his fees arrears. We tried talking to the teachers to allow him in school as we look for the money to clear the balance of his fees but since he had a huge balance in school, He was never allowed back. Due to low and minimal income from casual work, we could not raise the money until I received my first transfer from GD. I was able to to use part of my first transfer to clear his fees arrears and I am glad he is now doing well in the study. He got affected in his performance when he reported back after such a long time out of school but he has picked up well and his performance have improved."