"My life has completely changed, I am living in a good house and I was able to buy two goats, I even paid the medical insurance and I repaid some loans I took in the saving group. I deeply thank Givedirectly for the financial support."

"It was in the morning around 7:30 am and I was planting cassava in the crop land.I was overjoyed and I couldn't stop smiling . The first thing I did was to thank God for the miracle ."

"I remember it was in the morning around 7:30 am, I was preparing my kids to go to school then I heard a notification message from Givedirectly . I was happy it came as solution to my financial problems."

"It was in the morning around 8 am , I was planting beans in a crop land that was near our house.I heard a notification message from my phone that was coming from Givedirectly that I received money . I immediately went to announce it to my husband, we were so happy we celebrated it by dancing. One thing that came in my mind is that we were finally going to be rich."

"Before we couldn't afford to buy our own land but now we have our crop land .In addition, I was able to take care of my family the way I wished I was able to buy food for them and other home necessities such as clothes and I paid the health insurance."

"As I mentioned earlier, I joined a savings group as a result of receiving GD transfers. Last year we saved from February, and I was able to get about $100 in February this year, which has contributed towards achieving my goal. My main goal for the year is to build a house for my family which is usually a capital-intensive project. I have already purchased some of the things but I hope to see this project accomplished at the end of this year. I will still be saving with my savings group and direct my savings towards the project as my husband also works on the same. I also want to add a few more animals that will reproduce. I plan to eventually buy a cow by selling the offspring and using the proceeds from selling milk from the cow in taking care of my brother's school fees."

"I spent most of my first transfer buying construction materials to start renovating my house. I bought construction tools worth 142 $, paid 32 $ for a solar lighting system, bought planting seeds for 10 $, food for 20 $ and some wood worth 50 $. I am an orphan and live alone. My biggest dream is renovating my house and starting my very own family. I believe all this will come to reality all because of GD."

"It was in the morning around 7am , I was farming then I heard a notification message that I received money through mobile money. It was like a miracle , I was so happy . I thought myself that I am going to do everything I planned for the money."

"When I got my second transfer, I spent $100 of it on planting maize and beans on an acre of land because we were getting some rain, about $70 on building our first toilet, and about $40 on building a tiny chicken coop for the seven chicken I recently bought. I spent the remaining money on food because we had no food left at all. We haven't eaten two meals a day as a family in such a long time due to a lack of money, and the ongoing drought made matters worse."

"I currently burn and sell charcoal but due to the persistent drought, we do not have customers like we used to. Life has become so difficult and challenging because most people do not have jobs to earn themselves income. The ones with jobs, do not have customers. After completing my house building project, I am planning to start my poultry farm and also buy goats, and start taking care of them. I believe with goats it is easy to sell them when they have grown and one can get a huge cow that you can feed and invest on, and sell it later at a profit. I believe every idea one has, provided they get the funds, they can put it into action and better their tomorrow. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for believing in us."