"I expect my life to change for the better since I'm expecting the two cows I bought to have given birth in 6 months time. This means that there will be enough milk to sell hence more profits to sustain our daily spendings and plow back into my business. This will also tranaslate to quality of life for my family."

"I can say my life is different, in that I have been able to pay my children's school fees. I have five children in number and four of them are currently in school. Before they were constantly chased away from school but now, that is not the case. Just recently they were chased from school but I used part of the money sent by GiveDirectly to pay the arrears and now they are back in school. Building a better house made of stone will be another difference, it will be more stable even when it pours, the rain can not carry part of the house away,"

"My life is different in that I was able to build a descent house that is more safe from cold nights and rains which I would have not built on my own. I was also able to save some money when I received the transfer, these savings have enabled me to pay for my daughter school fees and buy uniforms and books which would have been a toll order as I am just a peasant farmer that all my daily earnings goes into our food expenses."

"It was one early morning when I heard someone asking my spouse whether she had caught a grasshopper but I rubbed it off since I didn't know what he meant besides that I was working on something so I didn't give it attention. Later in the course of the day when I went for my phone, I was surprised to see that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and shared the news with my spouse. This was the time I came to realize what the question my friend asked the spouse meant."

"It was very early in the morning when I heard my phone ring and I got worried because it's unusual for my phone to ring that early. I went straight to check the phone and to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, shared the news with my spouse, and we both celebrated. This was the happiest moment of my life and at first, I felt I could go crazy because I had never handled such an amount of money in my life."

"I literally had nothing before I received Give Directly transfers. When the enrollment officers came and promised to support us at household level, i was left wondering whether that promise could be fulfilled. Despite having doubts at the back of my mind, i made a promise to myself that it would be a life changing experience for me should the cash transfer be a reality. We were living from hand to mouth before we received the cash and so many people could look down upon us. After receiving the money, life for us has really changed; at least we have assets for the family and enough food to keep the family going. Nowadays i can even plan ahead on how to handle any future needs of my family."

"My life is different than it would have been if I would have never received the transfer from GiveDirectly in that, I am now able to till my own pieces of land with the four oxen I bought with the transfer sent to me. In addition, I am able to get some constant earning every time I till other people's pieces of land. Before GiveDirectly gave me money, this was a mere dream that I could not imagine I would be able to achieve in my lifetime."

"I spent most of the transfer to buy building materials as l am planing to build"

"I spent most of the transfer to pay my hospital bill since l was very sick and l did not have any money to go to the hospital. The remaining balance l spent to buy food bit by bit in the duration that l was sick since l could not do anything that can generate money."

"I spent most of the transfer to buy furniture since l did not have any thing to sit on l was only siting on water container. I also spent the transfer to buy dairy cow for my future use where l will not spend any money to buy milk from my neighbors. The remaining balance l spent to buy mattress for me to have a place where l can sleep comfortably."