"Seeing my daughter neatly dressed in full school uniform continuing with her studies is the greatest achievement in my life. This is because two of my children were not able to continue with their studies because I couldn't afford the secondary education school fee. I'm so proud and happy I was able to pay my daughter's school fees and this is the biggest differenc ein my daily life."

"I literally had nothing before I received Give Directly transfers. When the enrollment officers came and promised to support us at household level, i was left wondering whether that promise could be fulfilled. Despite having doubts at the back of my mind, i made a promise to myself that it would be a life changing experience for me should the cash transfer be a reality. We were living from hand to mouth before we received the cash and so many people could look down upon us. After receiving the money, life for us has really changed; at least we have assets for the family and enough food to keep the family going. Nowadays i can even plan ahead on how to handle any future needs of my family."

"My life is different than it would have been if I would have never received the transfer from GiveDirectly in that, I am now able to till my own pieces of land with the four oxen I bought with the transfer sent to me. In addition, I am able to get some constant earning every time I till other people's pieces of land. Before GiveDirectly gave me money, this was a mere dream that I could not imagine I would be able to achieve in my lifetime."

"I spent most of the transfer to buy building materials as l am planing to build"

"I spent most of the transfer to pay my hospital bill since l was very sick and l did not have any money to go to the hospital. The remaining balance l spent to buy food bit by bit in the duration that l was sick since l could not do anything that can generate money."

"I spent most of the transfer to buy furniture since l did not have any thing to sit on l was only siting on water container. I also spent the transfer to buy dairy cow for my future use where l will not spend any money to buy milk from my neighbors. The remaining balance l spent to buy mattress for me to have a place where l can sleep comfortably."

"I spent most of the transfer to plaster my house since this is the best way to maintain it and keep it clean from dust which is very harmful to our health. I also spent the transfer to buy furniture being that l did not have proper furniture to sit on. The remaining balance l spent to buy dairy cow for my future use as l will not spend the money to buy milk from my neighbors in future."

"I spent the whole of the transfer to start business of making bricks and selling them, this business has really improve my standard of living since l am able to eat well pay for my children school fee comfortably without too much strangle as compared to before."

"My life has really changed and now I possess things which I could not believe to have. As a widow, I was like a laughingstock in the community for being poor, I was not allowed to associate with people of a high social class and nobody knew that one day one time, God will send his grace upon my family by the name of GiveDirectly to come for my economic rescue."

"My life has really improved since i received the transfer compared to my life before. In our family we don't have enough land and the only work that can boost the family income is sugarcane farming, and this can only be achieved by leasing a piece of land which i have done. This was not possible before due to lack of land. By now I have tilted the land which i have leased, paid for the seed and now waiting for rainfall to begin for planting. I am hopeful that i will fetch a lot of money out of farming which I will use to meet my family needs and initiate other development project like dairy farming."