"The moment I received my money, I became very happy because I had got the money that I would spend for acquiring all the household items that I desired and for treatment."

"Having heard the notification at six o'clock in the morning, I checked, saw it was my money. At that moment, I felt delighted that could not get back to sleep. Together with my wife we started planning for our my money."

"My greatest pleasure is that I cleared a longtime debt. The cash transfer was sent at the time when I had a loan. I had attached part of my farm land as collateral which limited our food supply. And now that I have repossessed the farm land, I feel so happy and enthusiastic in the future more than I felt before.."

"I expect to be in a better health condition after using the money to treat myself.I have had a medical condition for sometime now but could not manage to get proper medication or check up due to lack of money . With the help of these transfers,I was finally able to get proper treatment and have hopes of being better soon. Having a better health will allow me to get on with my duties and tend to my farms without having to depend on anyone or hire anyone as I currently do."

"Now that I have taken care of one of my biggest problem which was to plaster my house and have decent seats as well, my focus is now fully directed to ensuring that my children's school fees are paid on time. My children still owe a lot in their respective schools even after using part of my transfers to pay some of their fees. I hope that in six months time,I will have cleared all the balances so that I can reduce the strain I am currently having to work extra hard so that I can earn the money for the fees and other household requirements."

"I was at home that day when I received the cash transfer message. I became very happy because GiveDirectly had honored their promise of sending us the cash transfers."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build better iron-roofed house. Iam staying with the family in a leaking house and when it rains is like we are sleeping outside , besides the room is too small. The new house will provide comfortable accommodation for my family members to stay. This is because it will no longer apear as if we are sleeping under rain."

"Owning a pair of oxen is the biggest difference in my daily life. Previously I had none and it was difficult to invest in farming. I was using hoes which are not productive with larger acreage, tiresome and I could not plough my whole acreage. Having my pair is advantageous to me because I am assured of cultivating my whole acreage for better yields, and also to catch up with rains which are at times unreliable in our region."

"Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I had begun a project of renovating my house. When I received, this transfer, I purchased building materials which include cement, sand and blocks to make my house to be a permanent one. It was previously mudded, and my ambition was to upgrade to a better and decent house. It's through the financial support from GiveDirectly that I was able to accomplish this. To me, upgrading to a better house is the biggest difference in my daily."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am at peace now because the money enabled me to clear the school fees for my children both in high school and primary level of education to avoid them being sent home for fees. I am glad that this has given me adequate time to prepare for the next payments unlike before when I used to pay for them late."