"I was at home on that day at around 11:00 AM when I heard a message come into my phone. I checked the message and it was the transfers. I was so happy and filled with joy and I informed my wife of the news. I also knew there and then that I would finally achieve my goals of expanding my business and opening up a new one. I immediately went to Mariakani town to withdraw this cash."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a water tank for storing clean water for domestic use. I walk for a long distance to look for clean water for drinking during the dry seasons which is so tedious and time-consuming."

"Since I received my transfers, my daily life has changed as I am nowadays busy in my shop. I have started receiving many customers due to the diversity of things I sell and this has really made my profit level to rise unlike before when I had few customers due to lack of so many items."

"It was in the morning as I was going on with my daily activities when my daughter informed me that I had received the money that GiveDirectly had promised us. At that instant, I was filled with happiness and I stopped what I was doing. I accompanied my daughter back home so that we could pray together as a family to thank God for His abundant mercies and blessings which He had showered unto us through GiveDirectly."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for our basic needs."

"Receiving this money means repairing the iron roofed house that I reside in.This is because it's in a bad state. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation. "

"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to pay school fees for my children then the balance I will use for hiring land for farming ."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to retrive the piece of land that was leased."

"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to get money to build my house ."