"As per now,my life has really changed. I used to sleep on a traditional matt that was infested with bedbugs that could bite me the whole night and could result to discomfort. I also used to suffer from back pain infections. Being a poor man, it has been a great challenge to afford good medical attention as a result of that. Now I sleep comfortably in a mattress with back pain no more. I was also living in a poor conditioned house, and this resulted to being a laughingstock amongst my kin. Now I have built a big house, I have gained personal dignity amongst my people. My home is also fenced and iron gate installed for security purpose."

"I could have not managed much without GiveDirectly. I used to live in a small house with tilted, weakened walls and leacky roof. This posed a lot of danger to my family as it could fall on us any time. My children are able to continue with their education smoothly, than when they could be sent back home for school fees, stayed home, missed lessons and even exams."

"I would have not managed much without GiveDirectly. My business would have closed down due to lack of stock. We could be going without meals.I am too elderly to offer casual labor in sugarcane plantations as a source of income that needs physical energy."

"When I received this transfer I was in the house. I heard a message alert from my phone and as usual, I checked what the message was all about. I saw that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was very happy because I was not expecting to have such an amount of money. The transfer was God sent because I was expecting to take my child to school the next day. I went out of my house and saw the whole village had erupted in joy."

"In the next six months,I will have build a new house for my family. We are currently living in a room that serves as living room kitchen and bedroom. I intend to build a nice house in order to improve my home."

"My life is really going to be different in the next 6 months, by then I will have cleared my daughter's school fees and I will be having extra money to save.from the savings and the share i will get from our table banking group i will buy dairy cow which soon enough will be producing milk for sale at a nearby centre as a source of extra income."

"In the next six months, I plan to save money for a child by continuing to save in a merry go round group. This is because he will be joining a secondary school next year. School fees will become a real and a huge expenditure in my family. That is why I have to plan for it over the next six months. My main aim is to use the cash I receive on savings to enable me to pay up when the time comes."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have invested in farming with the main goal of having enough food for my family. I will also venture into poultry farming simply because it has a ready market in our village and from this, I am sure of getting extra income that I will channel towards taking care of the basic needs which have been a burden on my side."

"I have always had a desire to start a transporting and logistics business. I expect that in the near future I will be able to buy a small pickup truck that will aid me in running the business. The income from this business will go along way in helping me take care of my family and pay school fees for my children."

"I will have expanded my poultry project and will have bought a cow. I will, therefore, be employed in my own farm tending the cow. I will have stopped looking for casual hard labor jobs. This will allow me to rest as I earn a decent income."