"My life is different as I can now afford a better life and healthy meals for my family. We do not go hungry as we used to most of the time before I started receiving the transfers."

"Receiving this money means that I have been shown a lot of love by givedirectly and I will be able to repair my house and buy food, part of the transfer I will donate to pay fees to my grandchild who has been helping over school holidays."

"Receiving this money means freedom from poor shelter. I would like to spend the transfer on construction of a new house that is spacious enough to accommodate my family. My current house is leaky and small in size."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was losing my husband. I found it difficult to continue with sugar cane farming since I could not pay labor and buy farm inputs the way my late husband used to do. This has left me without any source of income, I also do not have a shoulder to lean on at times of difficulty. "

"Receiving this money means improvement in my living standards. I plan to buy livestock, pay dowry and buy oxen plough for doing farming. "

"Receiving this money means a promising life ahead. This cash will help to ease my financial burden hence we shall be able into venture new business opportunities. I shall also be able to educate my child with this money."

"The biggest hardship that I am facing is that I do not have a stable source of income to rely on. For a very long time, my business of selling samosas has not been doing very well.As a result, sustaining most of my family's needs like feeding, providing a decent shelter, providing decent clothing and ensuring that all my children go to school regularly has become a struggle for me. "

"Many things have changed in my daily life. I can cook enough food throughout the day for my children. They are now assured of enough meals because we used to have little to just help us get by. Now we have more than enough because of the transfer from GiveDirectly."

"I have a new goal of constructing a house, I wanted to buy a piece of land for farming but the thought being homeless made me change mind. Now I really wan tto build a house."

"I received the funds when I was in a neighbor's house who had lost a member of their family. We were mourning but the funds gave us some joy and lightness of heart in as much as there was sad news. My family was also excited to learn that we had received the transfer."