"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on building a decent spacious three roomed house that accommodates my family's members and I fixed a steel door with two steel windows on it since before the transfer I was staying in a small squeezed house which privacy wasn't maintained at all.I also bought a bag of maize for my family's consumption."

"I spent most of my third transfer on school fees for my children, I am happy they will now do their exam without any difficulties.Thank you GiveDirectly."

"I spent the larger part of third transfer on building a fishing boat which my husband uses at the moment for fishing and now life is easier since my husband gets double profits from the sold harvested fish which can sustain my family's needs, before the transfer life was really hard as my husband was just a peasant causal worker doing farm work on the wealthier neighbors' farm which at time was a dangerous work when going through the thicket of bushy fallow land. I also built kitchen and paid school fees for my child who is in high school."

"The moment i recieved my money, i felt so happy that we ululated, drummed jerry-cans, and sang our song "eyalama,ejok Edeke", meaning, thank you, God is good."

"As a business lady, I spent my third transfer to boost my second-hand cloth business(mtumba) to generate my daily income and pay school fees for my children."

"I spent my third trandfer on 15 bags of cement that I uses to plaster my house and pay school school fees for my children, my children will not be sent back home for school fees again."

"I spent part of third transfer on 25 bags of cement which I used to renovate my house, then use the remaining amount to fixed doors and windows. I am happy because finally, I managed to build a new house for my family."

"I spent a portion of my third transfer to buy 20 bags of cement which I have used to renovate the house I was living in before from mud to plastered. The remaining amount, I spent to buy a bull to assist me during ploughing."

"I used most of my third transfer to pay school fees for my children who are in high school because as a widow, I do not have anybody to support me financial and also I did not want them sent home for fees. The remaining amount, I spent to buy school requirements like bags and shoes for my children."

"I took a loan sometimes back to buy a "tuktuk" for business, but I had not repaid it so when I got my third transfer, I repaid part of the loan using some transfer. I also bought sank a pit latrine as the one I had after the one was not in a good condition. The remaining I spent on paying school fees for my son in secondary school."