"I shall use this money for building ironroofed house. This will reduce on costs always involved in routine maintance of grassthatched roof."

"The biggest hardship I face currently is poverty. I donot have land to cultivate always inorder to get crops as food stuff, so this makes my family have no or no food to eat."

"My life is different in that I now have enough water for my family. In the past I used to walk for long distance to fetch water and this used to take most of my time. I am now happy since I no longer take most of my time fetching water and I can now have enough time to work in my farm. I also used part of transfer to start a poultry farming which is a constant source of income to meet my basic needs and I no longer depend on my husband to cater for the basic needs of my family."

"My life is now different in that I now have a better and spacious new house and I am now able to keep my children in school."

"My life is now different in that I now own my own motorbike for my own transportation business. I am now self employed. I was employed before as a motorbike rider whereby I offered transportation services for my employer who would receive a certain commission from me everyday. I now own my own motorbike and all the money that I make is my own."

"My life is better than how it was, before I used to live in a semi-permanent house with mad walls though cemented floor. I was not contented with that house so upon receiving my transfers I bought building materials to help in the construction of a permanent house. Currently, I live in a permanent iron roofed house. This makes me feel good."

"My life is currently very different from how it was, I live in a permanent house which was not the case before. I used to lived in grass-thatched house which was also leaking. This was very uncomfortable especially when visitors were at home and it started raining. I also managed to purchase a parcel of land where I am planning to move to in the near future and establish my home. This would have taken me ages to achieve but with GD I was able to do it within a period of three moths. What else can I ask for but be grateful for the transformation journey of three months."

"In the next six months, I shall have joined college and this will be a great step towards changing my life. Completing the course that I have always desired to, shall bring me a great sense of satisfaction. Getting the skills shall have equally empowered me to be competitive in the employment industry. I am also optimistic that I will get a job after completing the plant operator course and by so doing I shall have been empowered to get my own money and have a descent life. My success shall be attributed by a great extent to the transfers that I received from GiveDirecctly."

"In the next six months, I expect to save more money from my monthly transfers, pay school fees in time and make other family investments that will help me raise more income to sustain my family. Nothing makes me happier as a father than to be able to meet most of my responsibilities as a parent and raise a happy family."

"My life is different in that I no longer walk for long distance to fetch water and I can now have all the time to work in my farm. I also sell water to my neighbors to get an income to meet my family basic needs. I also have enough food for my family as I used my transfer to buy two bags of maize which will last us for some time and my spouse can now save the money that he could have used to buy food and used to meet other family basic needs."