"The moment I received the message of the money, I felt very excited. This is because I was too poor and this money came to lift me up from poverty."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, my health has improved after getting adequate treatment. Before I received this cash transfer, I used to frequently fall sick which was as a result of failure to get adequate treatment due to lack of financial support. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is feeling happy most of the time as I see my house in the verge of completion and my family and I moving into it soon."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is a peace of mind as I can now have good nigts sleep for my grandchildren being able to continue with their education."

"I had woken up early that morning, already in my farm weeding my crops. I heard my phone ringing informing me of message notification. I went through my inbox to confirm who the sender was. On confirming, the message was from GiveDirectly that I had received my first transfer. I was exceedingly happy and overjoyed for receiving such a large sum of money that I never expected to get in my life."

"I had gone to fetch water that morning and I had left my phone in my house. A friend passing by asked whether I had received a message notification from GiveDirectly. That alone reminded me that that was the day we were supposed to receive our transfers. I hurriedly went for my phone and on checking my inbox, I could not hold back the joy and happiness that I felt at that moment. I was thankful to GiveDirectly for financial support."

"The message notifying me arrived when I was washing my household bedding in a river. This meant that I could finally carry out my home improvement. I was happy and immediately sent my husband to withdraw the cash. I could not go because I had soaked my blankets and had to be clean and hang them to dry for the night."

"Through the GiveDirectly transfer, I was able to purchase a power generator so as to help me in pumping enough water for watering my plants. I was previously using buckets and my bicycle to carry water which was tiresome and time-consuming. With the generator, watering will be easy and time-saving. To me, this is the biggest difference I have experienced so far in my life."

"I expect to buy a cow so this will, therefore, produce enough milk for the family and I will thus save the money I would have otherwise used to buy milk."

"In the next six months, I expect to save all my transfers and spend them on purchasing some bags of cement which I will use to renovate my house. Its walls have become very weak. The earlier I renovate it, the stronger it will be to provide me with better habitation for a longer period of time. As a result, I anticipate a positive change in my life since I will not be worried about raising some money to build a new house."