"I started a business and now I can afford day to day feeding of my family. I eat well without having to do a lot of casual work which made me look so old yet I am a young wife and parent. I paid a loan I had taken to buy building materials i. e. iron sheets to renovate my house using the profits I get from my groceries business. I now stress free because I can concentrate on my business without thinking I owe anyone anything."

"The biggest difference is that I have gotten my dream house which I never knew I would have. At the moment I am at peace staying in an iron sheet house and now the expenses I used to incur on renovating the grassed thatched house or fetching for grass. I now spend on cultivating my farm on time hence I am certain of enough yield to feed on with my family members comfortably. My neighbours who looked down upon me are astonished by the drastic developments that I have done."

"It was five o'clock in the morning when I received my transfers. I was very happy since I have never received such big amount and I knew that I will move to my house and will no longer depend on my cousin."

"I was a casual labourer who mostly depended on farm jobs such as working on yam farms before I received this transfer. The yams are mostly grown in swampy areas which are also infested by leeches that feed on blood and transmit diseases. Working in those farms always caused me constant health problems that I could not even manage to treat due to low income. As soon as I received money from GD, I decided to put an end to such a terrible lifestyle and have a different source of income. I decided to start a small fish-selling business in the local market and I am so happy that I made that decision. The profits I make daily are almost triple what I would make in a day when I was working in the yam farms. God bless GD."

"To achieve a stable source of income and owning a rental house in Bamba has always been my dream. However, this has never come true because my casual job are not enough to meet our needs and save at the same time. With GD transfer I have the hope of achieving this in future and the only way is through quality investments. Therefore, the initial step in my journey is to start a livestock rearing project that will specialize in goats and chicken. This is because they multiply faster and are drought resistant enough to survive the harsh climatic condition in my area. Besides, I will start a small shop business in my area that will generate income to cater for food, clothing, medical and educational needs."

"I hope to receive a bumper harvest in the next six months which will mean food security for my family. I also hope that I will have extra that I will be able to sell whenever I am in a financial fix and raise money."

"My life is different now than it would have been had I not benefited because, I now stay in my piece of land that I acquired. I was able to buy a bicycle which has eased my transportation because I can reach my destination on time. In the past before receiving these transfers, My brothers together with their spouses could quarrel at me because of land. Lastly my movement was very difficult because I walked to whereever I was going on foot which has been simplified by the bicycle."

"My life is better now in that, I have been able to buy land, household items, Rent farmland and livestock. All this assets I did not own them prior to GiveDirectly's transfers. I lived a difficult life of doing causual labouring day in day out to feed my household because I did not have where to farm."

"My life is different now in that, I have a lot of happiness because I have constructed a beautiful house. At this old age of mine, I can not be in position to look for grass for thatching the huts but all thanks goes back to GiveDirectly for the support. Cattle rustlers took all my cattle back in the days but through these transfers, I have been able to own livestock once again in my life. Before getting these transfers, I used to suffer sleeping in a leaky grass thatched house. I was also faced with a challenge of looking for grass which is no more because I have built my house."

"My life has changed because I have got my own land which I have cultivated in rice. In the past, I used my mother -in-laws land. In addition, We have started our own transportation business which is generating income for meeting family needs like treatment and food. Before, we used to just rent someone's motorbike."