"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy for having received my money that I would use as I earlier on planned."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt too happy and relieved because I had so many pressing challenges yet there was no money."

"This transfer has greatly changed my life because I was able to build a permanent house. In the past, due to the severe poverty I experienced; I wasn't able to build one. In addition, the thatched house I live in used to leak whenever it rained hence making such nights unbearable since I had to stand all night as long as it rained."

"My life is different now in that, I have managed to acquire a piece of land that will help me plant, cultivated and harvest heavily. When I get a good harvest, I will be able to feed my household and sale surplus in order to buy things I do not have in my household. Prior to getting money from GiveDirectly, I used to farm on a very small piece of land that could not produce enough food to cater for the well-being of my family. This meant that before the next planting season, we could run short of food to feed on and resort to casual work in order to buy food. I also used to hire land to farm on which was so expensive and I could do casual work in order to raise finances for hiring land."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt happiness in my heart because my help had finally come."

"I want to take a course on catering once I am done with my current course on fashion and design. This is because I want to have a backup way of earning money during the slow season on the fashion and design industry such as at the beginning of the year when most people have school fee obligations. I will use what will be left of my savings after taking that course to buy the necessary equipement required to set up a tailoring shop of my own which is my biggest dream."

"My life has greatly improved in that, I built a permanent house. It was difficult for me to afford the thatch material previously. This is because of it being very expensive and I didn't have money to buy it. On top of that, the grass thatched house I sleep in is too small to accommodate my whole family."

"My life is different in that, I have owned 5 cow and agriculture which is the main source food and income has been made easier with the oxen I acquired. Before receiving this transfer, I didn't have any cow and I hired oxen for ploughing my land that often delayed planting since the oxen were not available in time which resulted to low yields."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is being able hire my personal farm land that will enable me have an independent life. This is because my family has less land so, my siblings keep arguing about who is to cultivate where. My father had two wives who produced many children and most of the land was sold off to keep us in school at the time."

"My life will soon change because I will be sleeping in my beautiful permanent house which I'm starting to build. Currently, I'm still sleeping in a thatched house."