"On my usual day, i wake up like 5am in the morning then prepare myself ready for bodaboda(motorcycle business) Normally i do not take tea in the house because i usually have customers rushing for work and i have to take them. Mostly I work morning hours like from 5am to 11 am then i go back home to relax since there's no job at those other times. I will resume again at around 2pm to 8:30pm in the evening then I go back home calling it a day. On my free time i stay in my house listening to music and chatting with my family to create a stronger bond. Sometimes i go to watch football at football arena with my friends of whom i haven't seen for a week or so."

"My life is different in that, I'm now very happy because I have managed to clear a debt which was stressing me. Secondly I have also managed to marry another wife to help me take care of my children since their mother passed on, I could not have achieved all the above had I not received this transfer."

"The moment I received my money, I was excited because the cash transfer made it possible to fulfill my plans of building a good house for my family."

"I thank God through GiveDirectly I have an ironed-roof house, my life has really changed,I have no worries when Iam a way maybe when I have gone to the market and the rain starts.We are not rained on anymore and my children are also not worried and ashamed of the kind of the house we are staying in unlike before."

"The excitement on the day we received the money from GD was at its topmost level. I had never taken GiveDirectly any serious since the first day when they came enrolling everyone in the village. In my mind, I was thinking of the common government enrollments programmes which have been going on within the village since my tender age and have never come to pass and GiveDirectly made the biggest difference by delivering on their promise. I was very happy and the other members of the family never believed also when I informed them of the good news since they were daring me to try and withdraw from them to really believe that it was a real money, my elder son supposed it was the fishing scams who normally sent people fake messages, while their mother could not stop but obligingly back him up as if it really was sure confirmation that it was just a scam. I had to take a step of confirming with my neighbors who had received the same message which made them believe though not fully. We only came to terms and all in a celebratory mood after I had withdrawn the money. We are still thanking God for sending us a great blessing through GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family now feeds well and we can afford three meals in a day unlike before my family most of the time could only have one meal a day. Thanks to GD for the financial support."

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because I have got a garden which I'm going to plant my food crops."

"The moment I received my money, I became very happy because my plan of buying a motorbike for business was going to be achieved."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family now has enough food to eat since I received the GD cash and we dress well unlike before I could afford good clothes for my family."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to start a business. For a very longtime I have wanted to do fish business because it has great demand among my community members. This cash transfer will enable me to travel to the lake shore and buy big stock because buying them from people who have brought from the lake offer us little profit margins. It is the sales from these proceeds that shall enable me feed my children and my sick husband."