"My life has changed for the better because I have built an iron roofed house. I also have motorbike that does transportation business which brings daily income for buying food and paying medical bills. Before, I did casual labour in people farms to provide food for my seven children."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, I have been in position to construct an iron roofed house. I am currently sleeping in a grass thatched hut that leaks whenever it rains because the grass is very scarce in our community."

"My life has changed for the better because I have constructed an iron roofed house for myself, that has relieved me from looking for grass. Previously, I had a burden of renovating my hut yearly given the grass scare in our community."

"When hunger strikes, no one is spared. It always breaks my heart when am incapable of providing basic necessities like food and education for my family all because of unreliable sources of income. This has seen us spend most of our nights hungry and some of the children submit their dreams of attaining the highest level of education. Now that Give directly has come through, I will be in a capacity to bring the lost opportunity back. To fill this gap, I will start-up livestock trade, a business that will generate an income that can help me cater to the family's needs."

"My health is good now because I got better treatment and I am able to feed well, twice or thrice a day. The welding machine now generates income to the family. I sleep in an iron roofed house and I own land. Before, I had a meal in a day. I did not have land and there was no source of income."

"My life is different now because am looking healthy, I am able to feed well and I sleep on good bedding. I have also paid my grand children school fees and I have hope that they will help me in future. I used to depend on loans from saving groups but they charged high interest rates which was not easy to pay."

"My life is different now because am stress free having taken all my children to school in time. The generator we bought is doing grate work in irrigating our crops. Even in this dry season we were able to harvest tomatoes that we sold to get some income. Besides, I can hire it to other community members. This has benefited me and the village members at large. The issue of fees could bother me and I used to suffer from ulcers because of overthinking."

"My life is better now because I sleep in an iron roofed house. Previously, I was sleeping in a grass thatched house which could leak a lot on rainy days. I could over think and stand at night untill the rains stop. Am grateful to GiveDirectly for relieving me from this stress."

"Life in our village is very tough that educating a child post primary level is a big achievement. Despite having the desire to have my children educated, my first born never stepped in school due to the harsh life we are facing. The nature of my husband's jobs cannot sustain our needs. Lack of reliable source of income to support my children's education is the biggest hardship I have ever faced."

"My life has greatly improved in that, I own livestock that I hope to be a source of my livelihood in the near future when they multiply. Before, I found it very hard to accumulate money to buy whatever I bought with this transfers."