"Receiving this money means that I will be able to use it for treatment. Iam having waist problem which is persisting for long since I have never treated it due to lack of money."

"My life is different as compared to as it was before GD sent us the transfers. I no longer do casual work to earn a living because I started my own shop business which is my main source of income. I also managed to pay school fee without much difficulty for my daughter who joined secondary school."

"I never had hopes of having a good house because I lived in a small rugged house which was almost falling down. I am now a proud man and can speak without fear among my peers because i have a good house and my wife also runs a business which is our continuous source of income just because of give directly and I am so thankful."

"Th biggest hardship which I face in my family is limited land for farming ."

"Receiving this money is a help to me to buy a bull to add with the one I have for ploughing. "

"Receiving this money is a means of helping my husband to raise money for bulding a permanent house for my family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of proper shelter for all our family. We share our small house with the children."

"Given that I am buying tea leaves from other farmers and supplying it in large scale now, In the next six months, will have increased my earnings. I will be more financially secure and will not have to worry about how to take care of my family's needs. I shall have stabilized my sources of income just through GiveDirectly transfers."

"My prayer and expectation in the near future is to have finished building a new and a more comfortable house for us. Staying in a comfortable house allows one to rest well and have enough energy to face the activities of a new day. I also want my children to be studying well and with enough learning materials to improve their grades. I generally wish that our general lifestyle would improve just like the rest of my villagers."

"In the next six months, I will be having a tank at home, this means my wife will be having lesser work to do since going for water was quite a task due to distance and now the main focus would be working on our farm thus higher production and my family would be well fed."