"The biggest difference in my daily life is owning the pair of oxen which the transfer has enabled me to buy. I have for a long time desired to have a pair to improve on my farming for better yields. I am thankful to GiveDirectly for fulfilling my desire through their financial assistance. Through the oxen, I will do timely cultivation and reap abundantly."

"I went to college and did a course in plant operator but I've never gotten any job to take care of my family. Had I not received the transfer from Givedirectly I would still be worried so much on looking for a job. Right now I have a motorcycle that I use as a taxi. This is now a source of income for my family and I do not need to stress myself up anymore because I have employed myself. Without the transfer, I would not have also built a house that we are currently living in since initially, we stayed in one small house that was barely enough for us."

"Before the transfers were sent, I was jobless and idling was the order of the day. There are days I was lured into crime due to the circumstances I went through and the hustle I faced. I struggled to pay rent and other bills. But upon receiving the transfers, I started a business and currently I am stable and I am earning an income. I am so grateful to GD for the support accorded to me. It has realy transformed my life."

"I suffered from amoeba for 3 years, a condition that really drained my financial resources. I even sold my goats to take care of medical bills and to date my life has never been the same. This is because I was not able to save anything and I am struggling too much to make ends meet with my salary. I can therefore say financial constraint is my biggest hardship."

"I lost a wife before GiveDirectly began the program, and according to our customs, I was to built a new house so that when I marry, I should have new house, but this could not happen because of lack of enough resources to fulfill all those. With the money received, I managed everything. I wanted to have electricity for business purpose and lighting, since I was poor, it could not be possible, but now it is a complete project. My life is really different."

"In the next six months l expect to have cleared the next term school fee for my children."

"In the next six months l expect to have improve my cattle farming and l am also planning to start dairy farming, where l will be getting milk and not spending money to buy milk from my neighbors."

"My life is different in that I started a small scale business of fresh fish that fetches well in this side since most of the people take fish as their favourite meal. This business has become a source of income to my household and a form of employment to me and other two people who help me in fish frying. I have a hope for each day as the little profits that I make from it gives me the potential to buy food to my family and even pay their school fees. I bought a cow that is soon calving and eventually will provide me with milk and ghee. The money that I have been spending to budget for milk could therefore be saved and used to meet other needs likes clothes. I managed to put one hectare of land onto sugarcane farming which I believe that in the next one and a half years will be harvested and add to my financial security. I stocked food in my house that will push me though to the next four months when the harvest will be ready. I am a person of worth and not a beggar. I can socialize with dignity and vigor. Thanks to GiveDirectly transfers."

"My life is so different in that I bought a donkey that I use for transport business within and outside the community. I usually transport farm harvest like maize and arrowroot that are grown in places that are inaccessible by other means of transportation like vehicles. People have preferred my services being that they are reliable and cost effective. A day hardly passes without being invited to take up a duty which in turn is a source of income. I am able to provide for my family's basic needs without going around looking for casual labor like before. I invested some part of the transfer in arrow roots farming. Arrowroot does well in the wetlands where I own a piece of land and there is ready market both locally and upcountry. I have hope in life with better ways of income due to the transfers I received. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"My life is currently different from how it was in that I do not strain so much to get money. Initially, I could get meagre pay from weeding people's sugarcane plantation for long hours. During this period, I acquired a lot of debts since the casual jobs were unreliable and could not be enough to sustain my family. The little that I got from the casual jobs could be spent on food and paying the debts. Right now, I can afford to visit my relatives easily using the motorcycle that I use as a taxi to get income. I rarely take loans from people since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly hence the good relationship with my neighbours and relatives has also improved."