"Before I was living in squeezed five iron sheet house and when it rains I would sacrifice a certain corner for my children not to be soaked with water but when it was too much we had to outsource for shelter at my brother in law. This was a tough life since my children could get a respiratory attack due to exposure to cold. The biggest difference in my life is that I have been able to acquire a decent house which I have been longing for in my whole life. We are a happy family enjoying family time together because we are no longer exposed to cold nights."

"When I received my very first transfer, I opened an electronic shop. I had checked around my estate and realized that there was a gap in electronic business. So when I received my most recent transfer, I bought more stock for my shop and this has seen me generate more income."

"Initially, I used to do casual works to earn an income. This was very tiresome and unreliable because there are days that I earned zero income. As firstborn others call us deputy parents all the responsibilities were pegged on me. My parents passed on years back and my siblings were looking up to me for support. This was never easy but I am grateful to GD. I have been able to generate income and comfortably provided for my family in surplus."

"The biggest pain of a mother is when one can't be able to bear children. Previously I had a problem in my womb which needed medical attention and I was not able to access due to lack of finances. I must admit being the biggest trial I have faced in life as a woman. It costed me a lot including my marriage. I faced a lot of stigmatization from my in-laws who would abuse me and accuse of me of having aborted severally. They used to say nasty things that would hurt me. My mother in law lost respect for me to the extent of chasing me out of my matrimonial home and brought him another woman. He did not make any effort to support me and protect me from my in-laws' harassment and he did not oppose his mother's suggestion to be sent away. I lead a life of sadness and pain but what kept me going is the faith that one day my situation would change. It changed indeed after Give Directly came through. The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to get proper medical attention courtesy of GiveDirectly's, now I am expectant and this has brought a lot of happiness to me and my spouse. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"When I received the phone from GD, I was convinced that the transfers were bound to be sent. So I kept cool and crossed my fingers. When I received the transfers I was very happy and relieved. I saw my plan coming to life."

"My life is currently so different from how it would have been. Had I not received the transfers, I would still be working as a janitor which did not earn me enough money to even settle my daily bills. Meaning I still would not have joined college because of lack of resources. But thanks to GD, I now own a business and have even enrolled in a college for my studies in education. I had lost hope but GD revamped my hope and I can dream again."

"My life is different in that I now have a new and bigger house for the family. I never thought I could afford to build a new house for my family not until we received the GiveDirectly transfers. We have been able to bring this house to its completion and even bought furniture and other household goods. The house that we built is a three roomed timber house that is enough to give us comfort and decency as a family as well. We also have a dairy cow that will give us milk in the very near future. This will bring to an end the buying of milk that we have been going doing and enable us save some more money that can be channeled into other meaningful investments for the family."

"My life is different in very many ways than it would have been in case I did not receive the GiveDirectly transfers. We now have a parcel of land that was made possible by the transfers and a new house for the family. Very often, we could only get enough money to sustain the family and meet other recurrent expenditures but we were unable to accumulate enough money to buy land. The dream of buying land was actualized when we met this buyer who was willing to get the payment in bits and we were confident to finish paying for it with GiveDirectly transfers. My family is generally happier than it has ever been and we are grateful for this."

"In this community, maize and livestock play an enormous role in the lives of every family. For example, livestock is a form of savings which we rely on to make income for the family. However, we have always be faced by a rife drought throughout the year resulting in starvation. Therefore when these animals die it is worry for us because it means malnutrition, school drop outs and hunger because we do not have an alternative source of income. "

"I used part of my transfer to buy a piece of land since I have been living on a small piece of land and it was not enough to do farming. I can now do farming on the piece of land and sell the farm produce such as onions and tomatoes to earn an income to meet my basic needs. The dairy goat provides enough milk to my family and I no longer buy milk and I can now save the money that I would have used to buy milk and use to pay school fees for my children. I have also acquired new clothes for my family and we can now dress decently unlike in the past."