"The moment I received my money from GiveDirectly, I was over whelmed by joy because I knew that I would be in position plaster my semi permanent house."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I have a dairy cow which I bought using the transfer. My family now have enough milk for use and also I sell some at the shopping center near home. The income I get from the sales of milk helps me to meet other basic household needs and even pay part of the school fees for my children in various school. Before I could do casual jobs in the village and the small I could get was not enough for the basic needs and even to buy a dairy cow. So I used to buy milk of which it was very costly for me."

"I expect to buy more goats in the near future which I know will eventually give birth to more offspring as time goes by. The good thing about it is that when the population of the livestock increases, I will then have an opportunity of selling out some of them and then buying a cow instead. The advantage of buying a cow is that it is able to provide more milk than a goat and of course if I sell out its calves I will be able to get more money than when I sell a goat."

"In the next six months, I want to use my transfers on savings so that I can be able to achieve my goal of starting a poultry business. I would want to use this opportunity given to me by GD to make a bold financial step to better my life."

"This money has enabled me buy construction materials which I intend to use for completing my house that has taken 10 years without completion. Purchasing these building materials has made me very happy. Prior to receiving this transfer, I didn't have enough money to buy building materials."

"I expect to make a change in my life by starting a small scale business which can generate money for me on a rolling basis. The money generated from the business will then go a long way in helping me meet the family demands and daily expenditures in the house."

"In the next six months, I want to focus on paying school fees and the rent arrears until I clear the balances. I would want to develop my financial life and I cannot achieve that when I have these debts. This is the reason why I have chosen to focus on clearing the debts and start to focus my income in making my life better."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I will have started rearing animals and do poultry farming at the same time. This projects will be beneficial to me because they are both in high demand and they can all survive in this village without any special care. I will feel secure because whenever I will have an urgent need for money, I will sell some to take care of the emergencies that will arise."

"I was very happy when I read the mobile money message that night. I was very happy because I had never received such unconditional cash transfer before."

"After realizing that GD project was real, I decided to buy Money Transaction Agent shop from a friend of mine who had an opportunity to relocate to the US. I was not able to pay the full amount required at the time so requested her to give me more time to raise the money which I knew I would get through GD transfers. I have been saving all my monthly transfers from GD including this month's in my table banking group with the aim of raising enough money to clear the balance."