"My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer since I have been able to clear my daughters school fees. Thinking of how to get money to cater for her education had always stressed me a lot since she is in her final year in her secondary school education and I always needed her to have ample to for her revision so that she can pass well in her examinations."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having enough food to feed my family. We have been having the challenge of having this challenge because the income I got my casual jobs was not enough. Also, due to the small piece of land that I have, I could not manage to plant my own maize crop thus I have been relying only on buying it. Thanks to GiveDirectly. The transfer assisted me to purchase three sacks of maize that can sustain us for some months now."

"In the next six months, I expect to have replaced my house's roof. I shall, therefore, be living in a better house with good roofing thus I shall be safe from rain. Moreover, my household items and beddings will also be safe from rain. I shall no longer be disrupted from sleep when it rains at night because I shall be having a good shelter. Through it all, my life will change for better and I shall be living happily."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation. "

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build an iron roofed house, support in the education needs of my children. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. I am living with HIV/AIDS and I am sick most of the time "

"Previously, I did have a kitchen and my children did no place to sleep. My life is currently different because I bought building materials and built a new house for my son who had recently found a wife but had no place to stay and a kitchen for my children to sleep. I am forever grateful to GiveDirectly for giving my life direction."

"When I receive this money, I will use part of it as dowry to marry a woman and also hire agricultural land."

"When I receive this money, I will buy a plot of land and also build a simple house on it."