"The moment I received this money, I thanked God for having brought GD to deliver me from harsh conditions I lived in. I was so joyous to the extent that I could not hide my happiness but kept on Jubilating."

"Previously I earned a low income which couldn't sustain me and my family for a whole month and in most cases, I lived on debts. I'm happy and proud I can manage the family's needs without borrowing from anyone."

"I am almost finishing with the construction of my iron roofed house, just left with fitting the door and windows. When I shift to my new house, I expecting to have peaceful night sleep, no more interference with the leak roof of my current hut. Before receiving this transfer, I didn't have enough money to buy building materials. The yields that I always got from farming are very low because we have a small piece of land, so I couldn't sell the produce to buy building materials."

"My daily life is filled with joy and happiness. Since time immemorial I have never held this kind of money but I thank GD for the wonderful opportunity. This transfer will enable me get a home of my own because from the time my marriage failed I returned home to my parents and life has been so difficult. The land here is so small to accomodate all of us in terms of farming. I'm going to use this money to procure a piece of land which I will portion a house and the rest farming."

"I added the money I recently received to some of my own savings which I then used to pay my hospital bill for the period I spent there during the delivery of my newborn baby. I knew I would need the money because Iwhen I received it, I was almost due, so I had to save it for the purposes of paying for the hospital bill."

"When I received the money, I spent part of it on household items and foodstuff. I then paid the rest at a nearby motor shop where I have been depositing money on a motorbike which I was planning to buy. Since I am not able to pay the required amount at once, I decided to pay for it in bits through my own earnings and GiveDirectly's transfers because I did not want to take it on credit because it would be too expensive in the long run."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have built a business premise. Currently, I carry my goods from the house to the market place every day. I normally display my goods on a table but I will be happy if I manage to lock my goods in the premise after work because carrying them has been hectic every day to the market place."

"I do not expect my life to change so much in the next six months because I still want to continue boosting my business to a place where it can be stable. I feel that when I start another project, the business might collapse and I do not what it to reach to a point where I will forever regret using my transfer in running the business."

"My eldest child is in class seven and will be joining a high school in two years from now. I need to invest part of these transfer so that I would be able to raise school fees. In the next six months, I would have bought the sheep. Sheep matures and reproduce within a very short time. I hope when my child will be joining the high school in two years time, I will have a good number which I would sell to enable me to pay school fees for my child."

"I do not expect my life to change so much in the next six months in that, I will still be paying my rent. I stay outside the college compound and I do not want to reach a situation where my house is locked and this is why I can not start another project which might fail."