"I was very happy because its the first time in my life to received such an amount.Futhermore,my kitchen gotted on fire three days before my first transfer came.I really helped me in rebuilding my damage kitchen"

"I felt very happ to receive such an amount for free with not cost attached"

""Words are inadequate to express how grateful and excited I was when I received my recent transfer. As a Man with family, raising money to support my family was very hard due lack of any tangible job. For this reason I have to worked on daily hired to sustained my family. And there were times that I felt like giving up. Happily GiveDirectly came with this live saving opportunity and since then my life had not been the same as compared to before.""

""Before I could received this transfer it had been my dream to built my own house and move out of my relative house. But this dream couldn't materialize due to financials constraints. After receiving my first transfer, I have planned to save my transfer and wait for the rest of my transfers so I can be able to buy all the building materials at once. And hopefully by the dry season my project will be starting.""

"Poverty is what is making his life hard.Wakwale thinks that if he had capital,he would start up a business that would enable him sustain his family.As a result ,he is held up with supporting his family and sustaining himself"

"I was able to save my first transfer for the plastering of my house , with this money i will be able to complete my house project."

"My goal is to renovate my kitchen which is old, leaking and about to collapse. The situation is worsening during the rainy season since I am forced to cook using wet firewood. Additionally, I would wish to boost livestock rearing by purchasing more animals. This will be a reliable source of livelihood that will support me and the family whenever we experienced financial challenges in the future. Currently, I am forced to assume the responsibility of bringing up the family alone due to my spouse's health conditions."

"We also fall sick,especially when it rains,another challenge is getting what to eat because of the increasing prices. Paying school fees for my children is another problem ."

"In my opinion, the support from GiveDirectly not only improved our lives but also that of the most vulnerable residents of our community. There is no doubt about the organization's impact on our community. Most of us had our living status upgraded as a result. We saw no irregularities in any of the locations where the organization worked near our areas, and they did an outstanding job there."

"I spent $200 of my second transfer on paying fees for my two sons pursuing nursing and three are in primary school. Paying their fees has been a major challenge because my spouse and I did not have a stable source of income. The little we could earn could not sustain all our basic needs and therefore sometimes we had to borrow loans from microfinance. It is now a relief to me because at least for this particular academic year, I will not be bothered with the issue of fees. To add to that, I used $300 of the money to boost my business of hawking new clothes from town to town. I am glad that the business is running perfectly fine with good returns despite the few challenges. I thank God I am not where I used to be. I can settle the bills on time and even save a little for any emergency. With the remaining amount, I bought food for my family which took us almost two weeks."