"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy because of the support from GiveDirectly. I was not sure of getting such an mount of money in a short time."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy because I never believed this would happen to me."

"The moment I recieved my money, I felt happy because I got money which is going to help me build my permanent structure and start an income generating activity."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm now very happy that I have got back my gardens which I had given out as collateral for 8yrs. I can now farm my crops to sustain myself."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a wife in the home."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have source of income which has enabled me to buy food and other basic needs for my family in time as opposed to before when things were hard."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy to extent of leaving what I was doing to rush and withdraw it."

"what a suprise I had in seeing the message indicating that I had received my first cash transfer from GiveDirectly. I thought it was an imagination but receiving it confirmed to me the commitment that GiveDirectly has in serving the poor."

"The moment I received my first cash transfer, I felt excited because my status would be elevated. I used to have low self esteem due to lack of basic needs and a poor structured homestead but receiving this cash transfer was a real blessing to my household."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started my poultry keeping project. This will have generated some income for my family which I will use to join college in order to pursue a diploma corse in Early Childhood Development Education."