"It was the date 11th Jan, 2019 at around 11:19 AM, I was just lying in bed when my son came to me from the garden and asked me for some money to go and knit his torn clothes. I sadly told him that I had no money at all, as I did not have any money. As we were talking and having conversations about other things, the message came in. I was filled with joy and my son was so amazed. I immediately told him that he could now knit his torn clothes. I informed my wife too, and we started planning on how to spend the transfers."

"I consider financial constraint as my biggest hardship. This is because I do not have a job and my husband is a casual labourer at Mabati Rolling Mills. This is not enough to meet our needs since he is the sole breadwinner in a family of nine."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I now own a better house. I never considered myself to actually own a house, as my house was small and grass thatched. I now own a better and spacious house."

"In the next six months l expect to have saved some money to pay for my daughter school fee."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving and started dairy farming."

"In the next six months l expect to have started my project of building iron roofed house being that it is the biggest dream that l have now."

"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."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my daughter's business has expanded. My spouse passed on around 9 year ago and I could not take care of the family all alone. My daughter had to drop out of school so that we join hands to help feed the younger ones. Her tailoring business was not doing so well though, this means we still had to struggle to make ends meet. After the expansion of the business using GiveDirectly's transfers, we are now able to meet most of our basic and tertiary needs as she now makes more profits. I do not worry where the next meal will come from. Thanks to GiveDirectly."