"Owning the house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I have been longing to build a big house but due to my financial status, I could not afford it. My previous house was a small hut which was grass-thatched and in a very poor condition. Whenever it rained it was hectic because of the leaking roof. My children also had difficulty finding a nice place to sleep. They were forced to sleep at my neighbor's house of which they felt uncomfortable. After completion of my house, the problem was solved. Secondly, whenever they wanted to study, they found it hard because the house was not spacious and due to this reason it was affecting their academic performance. Nowadays, they are studying comfortably without any interference."

"It was around 10 PM when I heard the notification on my mobile phone. When I checked its content it was a message from GiveDirectly indicating that I had received money. I was so happy because I knew my life would never be the same again."

"My biggest hardship is lack of food in my household. I had mortgaged two acres of land to my neighbour in order to get money for paying medical bills of my child. I did not cultivate the whole of last year and only paid the debt this year, I started growing crops this year and currently, the food I eat, I buy on daily basis."

"The biggest hardship in my family is inadequate land for crop cultivation. I own two acres of land which is not sufficient to support food production for the household and sale of some to support paying school fees for the children."

"My hope is that in the next six months, I will have constructed my own house. I know the rest of the transfers will take me a long way in buying most of the construction materials, but I plan to engage in casual jobs within the village once I am done with school later this year to buy the rest of the required materials for the construction."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy oxen that will support in farming so as to improve food production in my household. I also hope to buy household items for my family. I believe this is what will best support my household. "

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my project of plastering my house. Which I am very sure I will achieve with the help of give directly."

"In the next six months l expect to have bought enough maize for my consumption which will help sustain my family and also restore my dignity by keeping away from borrowing. I will also have started saving money to pay school fee for my children to enable them study like other children."

"In the next six months l expect to have saved money for my son's school fee who is almost joining secondary school, to enable me pay his school fee with less challenge as compared to his siblings who are already in secondary schools."

"In the next six months l expect to have started cattle farming as my future investment so that incase of any emergency I can always sell them to help solve the problem at hand."