"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness because I am looking forward to getting a wife with livestock bought to relieve me from home chores and cooking. It will be like having self freedom."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness to see that my house is now looking good and nolonger ramshackled and dusty. In addition, feeding has improved in that we can afford to have two meals a day, unlike before. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that this money has brought happiness because I now have an iron sheet roofed house, giving me a break from the leaking grass thatched one."

"That moment I received my money, I heard a message, read it and got joy, because I have never held such amount of money in my life. "

"That moment I received my money, I felt so happy to see such an amount of money I have never held before, which will reduce burdens in my household. "

"My house has changed having purchased a new mattress, bed, a table set, and utensils. The house now is really looking beautiful. Being able to foot my child's medical bill is yet another thing that I wouldn't have managed to do if it was not for GiveDirectly transfers. Prior to receiving the cash transfers the termites used to bite me because I laid the mat directly on the floor. I did not have any chair or table in my house and I had few utensils ."

"The moment I received my money, I was over whelmed my joy then I prayed to the Almighty God to protect the entire GiveDirectly family and thanked God for the gift of cash."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I feel with in knowing that I have all that will be needed in hospital at the time of my delivery. I consider this baby of mine to be lucky because to get those requirement, I would need to go and do casual labor to raise money as I did with my first child. In addition to this, I am also very happy that I am almost getting done with building my permanent house and I will not be suffering with the expenses that come with a grass thatched house."

"I felt so happy when I received the mobile money message, It was my first time to receive much money. I could not wait to withdraw it and hold in my hands."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I acquired a bicycle that has eased my transportation and I have purchased most of the household items(utensils, water drum, mattress, bed sheets and clothes) that were lacking in my home. Furthermore, I bought 2 cows that will help with my children's education. Prior to receiving this transfer, I didn't have a bicycle and transporting agricultural produce from the farm was a great challenge"