"The second cash transfer saved my life. My health is now improving and getting better each day. Previously, I was given a slow acting poison by unknown persons and my health was slowly deteriorating. I had to seek treatment from various traditional and medical practitioners. I would have lost my life because I had no money then to access any medical attention. Nevertheless, I am very grateful that GiveDirectly sent the second cash transfer at the time when I needed it most."

"GiveDirectly has brought alot of joy and happiness in my home.The cash transfers have enabled me to buy an ox for ploughing. I have hired a piece of farmland which will increase my crop production. In addition to this, I was able to enrol my two children in primary boarding schools. I could not afford to pay for boarding fees and all the school requirements on time."

"The cash transfers changed my life because I have constructed a four roomed iron roofed house with the cash transfers. My family of four children is happier and healthier now. With the cash transfers I can afford to buy various food types like meat, sugar. Before I received the cash transfers, we used to sleep in a small crowded hut and at times my family would go hungry because of lack of money to buy enough food. However, the cash transfers have saved my family."

"My life has changed alot because I constructed a nice iron roofed house. I also purchased enough food stock like cassava and household items like clothes, and a solar panel for lighting at night. In addition to these, I hired a farm land for commercial rice growing. This will earn me income to support my family. In the past, I could not afford to purchase food and most of the household items due to lack of money. More so it never crossed my mind that I would construct an iron roofed house. The cash transfer has saved me from worries and tension that I had due to lack of enough money."

"In the next six months, I am anticipating to have more development projects and be able to put more land under cultivation."

"I managed to pay for my driving classes an I can now land a driving job easily. When this happens, I believe my family will live a better life i.e. my children will go to better schools and we will also afford healthier foods. I leased two pieces of land which I plan to use to expand my sugarcane farming. This is another source of income for my family. That is how much GiveDirectly has changed my life!"

"My life is currently different than it was before because I used the transfers to buy some sacks of maize grains and other foodstuffs. Nowadays, we have sufficient food in the house thus we have been able to feed well without fully relying on unreliable casual jobs. Prior to receiving the transfer, life was hard and we could occasionally go to bed hungry."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have started a poultry farming project and the income I get from the sale of eggs is enough to meet all my family basic needs and I no longer struggle to buy food as I used to do in the past. I have enough milk for my family since I used my first transfer to buy a dairy cow and I no longer buy milk and I can now save the money I could have used to buy milk and use to meet other family basic needs. I also sell the surplus to earn income. I also have a spacious house to accommodate all my family members since we used to squeeze in a small room before I received my transfer. I also leased a piece of land and planted maize and I am optimistic that I will have a good harvest hence enough food supply for my family."

"My life is so different now because when I received the transfer I bought a motorcycle. It is new, efficient and effective. I can now generate more income which I use in paying school fees for my children whom I transferred from a public school to a private school. They are performing way better in school compared to previous days when they were constantly sent home from school to clear school fees balances. My family can now afford a portion of healthy food too."

"My life has changed in many different ways. I now have a new house for the family, I have an additional dairy cow which is producing more milk that is enough to feed the family and selling the surplus to meet other household needs. I have also been able to put more land under cultivation unlike before when I relied entirely on human labour to till and prepare my land. I am looking forward to having more farm produce now and in the coming days. The produce from my farm shall be of great help to us as a family as it means we shall have more food for the family while we sell the surplus to meet other basic household needs. Furthermore, my children are no longer sent home for school fees like they were done before we got the transfers."