"My life has greatly changed in that, I sleep in a permanent house. I used to sleep in an old thatched house that leaks."

"My life is now different than before because I am now peaceful since I have cleared the debt. The creditor used to always come to my house in the evening frustrating my family as they insult them over the debt. This has been disturbing but I thank GD for coming through to rescue me from the situation. My grown up children also nowadays have a comfortable house to sleep. Previously, both of them ( boys and girls) used to sleep in our congested kitchen. This made it uneasy and also embarrassing to them."

"Aquiring garden land has greatly changed my life as I am now stress free and I no longer have to worry about hiring farm land cheaply. I can now carry out large scale farming. Before, I had a small garden and it was a must to get extra piece of land to cultivate on such that the food could help sustain my family for quite a longer period of time and it was impossible to farm a variety of crops on that small land. I would go to an extent of hiring land on credit hence accumulating debt."

"Recieving this money changed my life as it enabled me to build a permanet house that is spacious and will not require me to renovate at the end of every year. I have managed to get out of the leaking old grass thatched house that I used to stay in. This old house required renovating every end of year which made it very expensive in the long run."

"My life has greatly changed by the fact that I own livestock such as sheep and a cow that will be my investment, keep me busy in terms of grazing them and source of pride in my community since it is the case in the setting of my home land. In the past, I was a nobody in the area without that livestock. I could keep around home with almost nothing to do except for waiting for evening and go gambling."

"My life is different in that I now have my commercial house that will generate money in form of renting it off. This investment will relieve me from the suffering I have been going through of lacking money to use when its needed. Before getting this transfer, my life was miserable as I could not figure out a proper investment plan. I used to depend on farming where at times it was not reliable. This is so as the quality and prices could drop at any given time. Most of my financial issues were always left unattended. "

"My life is different now because these transfers have enabled me hire farm land, buy livestock and household items. I also live a peaceful life because I'm nolonger stressed of where to farm and what to use during ploughing time. Before getting this money, I used to beg where to farm and do merry go round for ploughing which delayed my work."

"My life is much better now in that, My life is happy and I live stress free life because I managed to acquire what I lacked in the previous life before GiveDirectly intervened. I now have livestock, household items like mattresses, Utensils, clothes and above all I stocked food in the house. I managed to enrol my daughter into secondary education using the transfers.previously, I used to hire labour because I did not have oxen for ploughing. Feeding was very hard before I received these transfers but after I got my cash I decided to stock food."

"My life has improved now than it would have been had I not received the transfer. My standards of living have improved because I now sleep on the bed and new mattress. I have also acquired livestock which I will use for ploughing and milk production for consumption and earn income when I sell the milk. I have also raised a wall of a commercial building which I will rent out and earn a monthly income. Prior to receiving these transfers, I used to sleep down and on old mattress which is not the case anymore. I also struggled during farming season due to lack of oxens."

"In the next six months, I expect to have built and moved into my new house. I will be able to buy more furniture to make my house look more beautiful. Having a bigger house will also increase privacy because I will be having a separate bedroom, unlike the single roomed house I am currently sheltering in."