"I expect my life to change in the next six month in that I will have started my college studies and I would have also helped my other siblings to pay their school fees."

"On receiving this money, I was happy and full of joy that couldn't be uttered. This was a moment of peace to me and remembering that my troubles were reduced thus I couldn't stop thanking God for using GiveDirectly to come to my village and raise me up from the painful hands of poverty."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a house which was never the case before. I used to sleep in a house which was in a very bad condition but with the money, I was able to build a new and stable house. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"I was awakened by a message and on checking, it was from GiveDirectly notifying that I had actually received the transfer that they had promised us in our village. Previously I had thought that whatever GiveDirectly had promised was a lie but now this notification fully convinced me that it was a reality. I felt happy and peaceful for I never thought of receiving such an amount of money."

"I was living in a house that was in a bad state and not spacious enough. It had reached a point of collapsing and I was always worried it might fall on me any time since I lacked money to renovate it. It's through GiveDirectly's financial support that enabled me to buy the building materials and to construct a new house, stable and spacious for my family. This the biggest difference that I've so far experienced in my daily life."

"It was around 10.00 am in the morning as I was relaxing when my son came to me and inquired if I had received the money promised to us by GiveDirectly since most people in the village had gotten theirs. I then requested him to check it for me since I did not know how to. After confirming that I had also received, I was so happy and I immediately started singing praising God for His blessings unto my family and the entire village since I knew that its through this money that my life was going to change."

"I was preparing breakfast when my husband gave me my phone claiming that I had some unread messages. Upon checking them I realized that one of the messages indicated that I had received some money from GiveDirectly. At that instant, I became so happy and I started singing happily until my husband came back to check what was happening to me. I then informed him that we had received the money GiveDirectly had promised us. We then met as a whole family in our living room to thank God for His blessings which He had showered unto us on that day."

"Since I used part of my transfer to pay deposit for a new solar system, in the next four months, I will finally have the solar system because I would have finished payment. This will help reduce my daily expenditure especially on buying kerosene daily."

"I would like to lease in a piece of land since I do not enough farming land. My husband died when we did not have enough land even for children to put up their houses. If I lease in a piece of land, cultivate it and get a good harvest, I can be able to sell most of the harvest to help buy another piece of land. This is my biggest goal this year."

"In the next six months, I would want to improve on my farming. I will use part of my transfers to buy hybrid seeds, fertilizers and hiring labour whenever I am overwhelmed with the work. I am sure this will help me get better harvest than what I have been getting when I use manual methods. When I get good harvest, I can sell part of it to raise money for other needs which easen my financial burdens."