"I hope to complete my house project before next year."

"In life, one has to have plans to progress and depending on one source of income is not an option. Being a primary school teacher, the payment I receive does not meet all the family's needs but only food and payment of bills. Therefore, in future, I hope to put up an iron-roofed structure and set up hardware using $ 1000 savings. I will be glad that my family of 6 will be financially relieved from the profits and I will not have to take up loans to settle the household needs."

"Since I am certain of my monthly transfers, I have several goals that I am working towards accomplishing. The primary one is to build a house. That may take me a month. I am therefore hopeful to initiate the building project in April, 2023. Later, I shall focus on buying livestock, particularly goats. I aim to raise them because they mature faster and can be of great benefit to me in the long run. I am indebted to GiveDirectly for the financial support"

"I have been living in a hard situation. I have no bed and a mattress, but I have been sleeping on sisal sacks spread on a traditional sisal bed. So as I continue to receive my transfer, I have a goal of buying a new bed and a mattress to help improve my living condition. The ones I have been using have been subjecting me to pain every morning I wake up. I have always been bearing pain in my back and ribs as a result of the nature of my bedding."

"I currently live in a house with a makuti roof. It is a small single-roomed house, and it is in terrible condition. It has been around for the past couple of years. My goal is to consider building an iron-roofed house. I, therefore, intend to purchase iron sheets that will enable me to build a considerably large and strong house as I continue to receive my transfer. The makuti roofed house is not resilient since it deteriorates more quickly and is costly to maintain."

"I decided to renovate my house after receiving my second transfer. Termites had eaten away at the door and windows, causing them to fall apart. I can't say how much money I spent on this because I delegated control to my son. They are all fixed as I speak, and I am very happy because I am staying in a safe house, as opposed to before when the door and windows could not be closed; it was not safe. I also paid $30 in school fees for my elementary-aged grandson. Apart from purchasing two chickens for $10, I used the remaining funds to support the family because we were without food due to a lack of rainfall."

"Plastering will make the houses in my neighborhood more appealing, attractive, and safer from wild animals such as snakes. There are currently a lot of snakes around that come to our houses, and because the houses have rough walls, the snakes can easily climb on the walls. Plastering the outer walls will make it difficult for them to climb because the wall will be slippery. In that sense, once I get some money, I intend to plaster all three houses."

"My hope for the coming years is to see all my children go to school smoothly without being interrupted due to the lack of school fees. To achieve this, I want to continue with livestock keeping, therefore, I would ensure that every month I purchase chicken or a goat and would be selling them in bits to get the money to pay for the children's school fees."

"I hope to start a livestock rearing project in the next coming year and beyond. I would want to have as many chicken and goats so that I no longer struggle to look for money to pay for my children's school fees in the future. To achieve this dream I wanted to add more chicken to the ones I already have and also buy goats at least every month with the transfers that I would be receiving and later look for a market for sale when in need of finances."