"The most noticeable difference in my daily life is the completion of a new house for my children. They are no longer suffering from cold, and they can sleep well in their new room with better bedding that is no longer affected by moist floors. I was troubled because they could not complain because we had nothing to spend on the construction, but I am now grateful for the generous support from GiveDirectly that has allowed my dream to come true."

"I was in my workplace when I received a message that, despite taking a full glance at my phone's screen, I did not read because I assumed it was a normal payment from a customer who had visited my food shop. I only saw the numbers, 55, and could not bother double-checking them because I was still serving other customers. Later that evening, a friend called, and she surprised me by asking about the transfer from GiveDirectly. I returned to the messages, and just to be sure, I checked my account balance. I had to inform my children the next day because I arrived home late after finishing the job and they were fast asleep."

"Poultry farming has been the main source of income in our farm since I was a student at a nearby primary school. I had a flock at the time, and I sold eggs to pay school fees, buy school uniforms, and assist my siblings in purchasing stationery. My interest in the project did not fade at this point, and I later pursued it, raising a sizable sum that I used to purchase a plot of land. When I got my first transfer, my first call was to revive the project, so I had to spend $105 on construction materials, which included three rolls of chain link and fencing poles for a chicken coop. I already have seven mature chickens, and once I receive the second transfer, I hope to expand the project by bringing in another brood. I also spent $200 on a large plastic water tank, which is currently collecting rainwater and is connected to a pipe that connects to the government's piped water. When the pumps fail, rainwater always supplements the piped water, saving us from having to fetch water from the dam. In addition, I used the remaining funds on a construction project that I had begun a few weeks before enrolling in the transfers. I am glad I was able to make so many changes after purchasing cement, sand, ceiling board, and timber for furnishing and partitioning the rooms."

"The presence of a dairy cow on my field, as well as a well-constructed fence around the grazing field, has made the biggest difference in my daily life since my first transfer. Restraining livestock while grazing is no longer a problem because all gates to the field are lockable, allowing me to complete other tasks while my cows graze. I am grateful for the assistance and optimistic that I will soon have an adequate supply of milk from the 7-month in-calf cow that I purchased."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the investment in better lighting equipment that I am now using. My children can now enjoy a better reading space in their room because the room is now well lit. I am grateful for the support and hope to do more with the second transfer."

"The challenges am facing currently is high School fees payments for my 6 children, who are in different levels of classes at Arlington primary school. One child is in P.7, one in P.6, P.4, P.2, P.1 and the youngest in nursary, each child is paying USD54 per term totaling to USD 324 for the 6 children which is very hard for me because I don't have a stable income that may earn me such an amount to clear fees for my children. When it cimes to feeding it is also abig challange because i dont have enough to feed my children, this is because my garden was affected so much with flash floods and the harvest was very poorwhich in the long run has caused hunger in my family in the way that I dont have sufficient food fir my family."

"I bought zinc, planks, nails and paid my son college fees."

"I bought land with my recent transfer. I bought the land to build a decent home for my family and I."

"Floods and landslides that happened in 2012 June, I find it difficult to feed my family because I don't have the money to cater for most of the needs."

"The challenge that i faced was when my garden in Shiyambi village was destroyed with the heVy rains in the month of November. The heavy rains destroyed my gardens and now do not enough food to eat. The garden had bananas and cassava that i had planfor about 6 months."