"I felt a lot of happiness because I could buy food in the house, I completed my house."

"I became very happy and thanked God for blessing me because there was no way I could build a house, buy a mattress and some other things. In fact Give Directly has done wonders in my life, Imagine an old woman like me to have a permanent house it's so unbelievable but all Glory to God and Give Directly."

"The moment I received the message of the money, first of all I thanked God for it; and remained very happy to date."

"It was early in the morning when my friend who is also a recipient of GiveDirectly gave me a call to inform me that the money had been sent. When the calll was disconected I was pleased to confirm that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and thanked God for such a miracle."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I had never received such an amount before."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am living a much more happier life. This is because, this transfer has enabled me to complete the construction of my permanent house."

"My biggest hardship is lack of transport to mive to any place .We dont own even a bicycle to move to any nearest centre ."

"On this particular day, one of my neighbors who is also a GiveDirectly beneficiary came to my house very early in the morning inquiring whether I had checked my phone which I had not by then. He insisted that I should check my phone which I found interesting but I did check it to clear the doubts and questions that were on my mind. To my surprise, I had received money from GiveDirectly that early morning. I felt so happy and thanked God for such a miracle because I knew this marked the end of operating someone's motorcycle since I had planned to purchase one."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm now stree free because I have cleared the debt I had which was stressing me."

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because I got money to improve my standards of Living."