"My health is good now because I got better treatment and I am able to feed well, twice or thrice a day. The welding machine now generates income to the family. I sleep in an iron roofed house and I own land. Before, I had a meal in a day. I did not have land and there was no source of income."

"My life is different now because am looking healthy, I am able to feed well and I sleep on good bedding. I have also paid my grand children school fees and I have hope that they will help me in future. I used to depend on loans from saving groups but they charged high interest rates which was not easy to pay."

"My life is different now because am stress free having taken all my children to school in time. The generator we bought is doing grate work in irrigating our crops. Even in this dry season we were able to harvest tomatoes that we sold to get some income. Besides, I can hire it to other community members. This has benefited me and the village members at large. The issue of fees could bother me and I used to suffer from ulcers because of overthinking."

"My life is better now because I sleep in an iron roofed house. Previously, I was sleeping in a grass thatched house which could leak a lot on rainy days. I could over think and stand at night untill the rains stop. Am grateful to GiveDirectly for relieving me from this stress."

"Life in our village is very tough that educating a child post primary level is a big achievement. Despite having the desire to have my children educated, my first born never stepped in school due to the harsh life we are facing. The nature of my husband's jobs cannot sustain our needs. Lack of reliable source of income to support my children's education is the biggest hardship I have ever faced."

"My life has greatly improved in that, I own livestock that I hope to be a source of my livelihood in the near future when they multiply. Before, I found it very hard to accumulate money to buy whatever I bought with this transfers."

"My life is changed in that, I commenced the construction of my permanent house. Previously, I had wished to build one but never had the financial backing. In addition, the GD transfers enabled me to meet my family needs that were lacking most especially utensils and beddings."

"My life is different in that, I built a permanent house and own livestock. Previously, I slept in an old house that almost collapsed on me. In addition, I didn't have oxen to plough my farm land and it proved costly for me to hire and work at other people's farm land in order to have my cres of land ploughed as well."

"My life has greatly changed in that, I live a happy life that has been brought about by the construction of a permanent house. Previously, rainy seasons were my greatest nightmares because the thatched house I slept in used to leak every time it rained. In addition, I didn't have any source of income to build a better structure hence leading to stress."

"My life has greatly improved in that, I bought livestock. Previosuly, I didn't have money to buy them and therefore, never had anything I coud sell to get money for meeting urgent family needs like medical."