"The biggest difference in my daily life is that our sources of income have been diversified. This means our living standards have also improved. Our goats are growing each day and life generally has improved. Now we are able to easily meet goals we could not meet before. We are basically living our dreams. I can't thank Give Directly enough for helping us this much. We are a true story of people who moved from grass to grace."

"I expect to look for some money that will help me educate my kids especially the girl who will be joining a college in the nearby future. The girl has the urge to school within the next coming months but my only challenge is getting school fees that can enable me help her realize her dreams."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when recently lost my parents and there was nobody to support me."

"In the next six months, I expect to have bought enough cement and sand which I'll use to plaster my house. Currently, I have a clay-walled house which doesn't last long because whenever it rains the rain washes it off. I, therefore, want to look for a long term solution which is plastering."

"When I receive this money, I will invest it in livestock raising and also acquire some land for brick making."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to build a good sleeping house. "

"Receiving this money means that I shall use it for building ironroofed house."

"It was around 4.00 am when I received a notification on my phone. It was a confirmation message from Give Directly indicating that I had received my first transfers. I was so happy to because I had never gotten such amount before. I started budgeting ensuring I accounting for every single cent that had been sent to me."

"I now have my own working place where I have freedom of operating the way I wish to without having to work as a slave or get pay cuts when one or two things are not in a good way."

"I saw the notification early in the morning as I was checking the messages in my inbox. It was indicating that my first transfer had finally been sent to my account. I was very happy. I knew my life would change because what I really needed in order to improve my standards of living was available. My long time dream of expanding my house was now achievable through the transfers that had been sent."