"The biggest difference is that moving forward, my family will have a spacious house which is in a good condition. This brings so much joy in my heart. The fact that I will for once be feeling safe while sleeping, it will be a big relief to me. I will not be worrying of rains soaking our beddings during rainy season which has always made me want to cry out my heart to the Lord for He has shown me mercy when I least expected it."

"It was early morning when I was seated in the house wondering on how the day would be when I heard the phone ring. Since I couldn't easily reach the phone, I told my son to get me the phone and to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, shared the news with my spouse, and we both celebrated."

"I expect my life to change in the next months in that I will be having a new house and thus will be able to accommodate all my family members.I will also be able to have enough space to host all my visitors whenever they visited my family and that will be my joy. In the next six months I will also be having enough milk for my family and sell surplus milk to earn income and start a new business."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is illness of ulcers and kidney problems."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build myself a house and pay school fees for myself."

"The biggest hardship I faced was getting tution for my studies since we are many children."

"It was one early morning while I was holding my phone when I received a message notifying me that I had received money from GiveDirectly. It was such a joyous moment since that was the first time in my life when I was receiving such an amount of money."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I now own a cow which I never thought of buying one day. I only saw cows from my neighbours and I felt they were the only people who can own a cow. I am now proud to have my own. I am happy that It will also provide us milk and upon reproducing it will cater for my children's education in the future."

"My life is different in that my children no longer miss to do their homework for lack of kerosene because of the reliable solar light that I bought using the cash transfer. There is a lot of peace in my marriage because I do not leave the house in the evening to watch the news in the local center because we can now watch the news together with my family at home. There is also my two cows that I bought, the joy that in few months time I shall start milking is great. I would have not been able to buy such quality grade cattle without the Givedirectly transfer since all the cash I earned from the casual work in the sugarcane farms always ended up in buying food for the family."