"The moment I received the transfer I felt happy and stayed calm. This came as an opportunity for me to roof my house."

"My life is now better, I have repaid a debt and recovered my farm land which I had given out as security. I feel relieved and happy. Before, I used to over think of how I would get money to pay the debt. I did not have where to farm because my only piece of land was taken a way from me."

"My life has improved because I have acquired household goods like bedding. I now sleep well. Before receiving the transfer, I slept on the mat. In addition, I have bought curtains which have safeguarded and beautified my house. Previously, anyone passing near my home could see what's inside my house."

"My life has changed because I'm currently building commercial house which will generate income in the near by future. This will enable me to provide basic needs like food, treatment and school fees to my family. In the past, I could not meet all the needs of my family because I had no source of income. In addition, my father was able to access proper treatment and he has regained his sight. Prior to this transfer, someone had to always be a round to support him with all the necessities."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I now own a piece of land that I was paying for. It is now mine since I have completed the payment and in the process of obtaining the legal documents to certify that the property belongs to our family. Thank you GiveDirectly for the great help."

"I felt very happy the moment I received the transfer. I had woken up at around 6:00 pm and the first thing as my normal routine was checking my phone but this particular day there was a message. One unread message. I hurriedly opened the message and when I realized that it was from GiveDirectly, I could not hide the joy that came after. I struggled to stay calm. After a while when the message had sunk in, I started planning to make sure every coin was accounted for."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to buy my own bulls. I have already started seeing the benefits of these bulls. I do have to go to the water point by myself. Considering how far the water point is, I must admit that they have saved me a great deal since they carry a lot of water at once. In due time, I will also train them on how to do the ploughing. This will be my joy because I will also rest from the tiresome work of cultivating the farm by myself."

"I had woken up to relieve myself and when I came back, I picked my phone just to know what time it was. I realized that I had a message on my phone and on reading it, I found out that it was a message from Give Directly notifying me that they had sent me the first transfers. I could not hold the joy that I had that moment. I was so excited and I couldn't sleep anymore. I kept planning and reorganizing the plans till morning."

"I was very happy to learn that I had received my transfer. I could not sleep early that day as I normally do. I knew that money was to be sent during that week according to what they had promised us, but I had a feeling that it would be sent on that particular day, and true to my words, the money was sent at around 4:00 am in the morning. Being that I was unable to read, I woke up my child who read the message and told me that the money was sent. I just could not hide my joy. I remember smiling happily and actually stayed on my bed just to rest as I think of the blessing that I had received."

"My biggest hardship is lack of adequate land to cultivate crops. This has made me not to have enough food for my family members and i cannot grow more grops which i could sell and get money for school fees for my children."