"I was informed by my son who is a GD beneficiary that GD had sent him money. Since my phone was off, I hurriedly switched it on so that I could check if I had received money too and to my surprise, I received a confirmation message that I had received money from GD. I felt so happy, jumped up and down as I celebrated the receipt of the money."

"It was in the morning when I woke up and found out that my husband was happier than other days. When he saw me, he immediately informed me that we had received the money we had been waiting for from GiveDirectly. At that instant, I was overwhelmed with happiness and I informed him that we had to pray to thank God for His blessings. I then called our children, shared with them the good news and we then gave thanks to our Almighty."

"On that day, the battery of my phone was empty thus I was offline. When I woke up, I realized that so many people in my village were heading to town on that day. After making some inquiries, I was informed that people had received the money they had been waiting for from GiveDirectly. After borrowing a phone from one of my neighbors, I realized that I was not exempted. At that instant, I was filled with happiness and I rushed back home so that I could share the good news with my family. Since I could not go and withdraw my money on that day, I continued with my daily activities while singing as I could not hide my joy and the only way I could express it was through singing."

"The biggest difference in your daily life is the fact that initially we nnever had any livvestock grazing on our field but now we have six goats which are our own. we thank God for the drastic change in our family."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my child through my business."

"For so long, I have been having a dream of being able to cultivate my own land. Since my dream has come to pass, I am now a happy woman as I know that very soon I will stop buying maize as I have planted them. I also intend to continue with this practice of farming as it has already started changing my life until some of my village members are wondering if I am still the same person they knew."

"At first, I thought that I will not receive my transfers anymore as everybody in the village had received theirs except me. When I woke up and saw a message indicating that I had received some money, I was filled with happiness as I knew that indeed my life was going to change. I then prayed thanking God for His blessings in my life."

"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I used to live in a one-room grass thatched house. This is now in the past as I have been able to build a bigger iron sheet-roofed house. This so far makes my daily life different from how it was before."

"Since I have been able to build a bigger house for my family, my children nowadays sleep at home unlike before. This makes me have peaceful nights as I no longer worry about their security something which used to disturb me so much before."

"My day normally starts at 5:00 am and of the fine days while I was washing my face in preparation to go do my normal duties, I heard a message alert from my phone and I hurriedly checked what the message was about. To my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, hurried to my workplace and after I was done I came back home, shared the news with my spouse then we budgeted on how to spend the money."