"I am well advance in years but my family still depnds on me. food seems to be our biggerst challenge and Givedirectly transfers have made it easy to have an assuarance of a meal for the time that we will recieve the money hence I hope to provide food for my family as I continue to receive this money. I am also working towards adding to my animals as I have bought sheep and ducks. I get the sheep at $26 and the ducks at $10 for a full grown duck. I want to have a good number which will ensure a source of income since age comes with disease so that I an always afford treatment in case I become sick."

"I would like to continue with my chicken business. I want to grow my chicken rearing into a business as its a venture that does not require so much technical expertise. As my chicken grow I hope to get them to a point that they lay eggs that I can sell while hatch others to add to my current numbers. I also hope to use Givedirectly transfers to feed this chicken to allow them grow and also buy medicine whenever necessary or even vaccinate whenever necessary. My hope is that when my numbers grow to above 200 I can now venture into other businesses from the proceedings of this chicken rearing buisness."

"As I said earlier I have started construction since I did not have a house of my own and was living in my brothers. I have already started building and used some of my December transfers on roofing. I am also directing an amount from my wages to contribute towards this project. I hope to finish this house this year with the support of GiveDirectly transfers. I also have been buying animals with my previous months transfers and now have 3 goats and 5 chicken. I hope to increase this heard this year and become an animal farmer which will in turn become a business that helps me take care of my family."

"I had told you earlier that I live in a one room house with my children. This is a very uncomfortable situation as we are all squeezed in in a very small space. I want to build a house this year with four rooms using GD transfers. I have been able to accumulate sheep over my last11 transfers which amount to 8 sheep. I believe that from the young ones they have I will have more sheep which I can sell to get money to substitute for roofing which is the most expensive part of the project. I also want to now focus on saving to add a cow before I can resume with buying more sheep. I believe animals for me are a good resource and provide a good emergency fund."

"My goals this year are very simple. I want to finish patching up the roof now, to prepare for the rainy season although we have been experiencing a drought. This will need 18 dollars that i will get from my GD transfers. I want also to create my own source of income. I am a tailor who rents out machines from people to make clothes and they will usually charge me 15 dollars to rent it monthly. I make about 45 dollars a month which means that once I pay for the machine I am only left with 35 dollars. I want to increase my earnings and so I am planning to Save 15 dollars a month so I can reach my goal of 150 dollars in ten months which I will use to buy my own machine making me independent."

"I finished my form four exams but was unable to further my studies since their was no money to pay for my college education. I am currently seeing the hope of my pursuing a course in tourism specifically as a tour guide which has been my long dream. I hope to get money from the merry go round when its my turn which I will use to settle the school fees for this. I am also now interested in being diagnosed of my ailment as it was something I had not foreseen and I hope to use Givedirectly transfers to achieve this and while also taking care of the treatment of whatever this stomach issue is as now I am not aware what it may be."

"I do not want my granddaughter to miss out on school because of finances. My plan is to save for three months to cover her school fees needs as this is her last year in school. She is required to pay 90 dollars per term as school fees and if I save 30 dollars of my monthly transfers I will be able to achieve this. I also hope to add chicken over a period of months to create sort of an emergency fund for the family. Some days we do not have money but if we have maybe chicken we can sell and use the money to sort out the food or any other needs that arise."

"The prolonged droughts which have encroached on our area have greatly affected our ways of food production. Since we depend on subsistence farming, this means our farm produce has gone down, a situation that has forced me to engage in the small business of vending vegetables. This job has not attracted significant profit because of the small capital and I, therefore, majorly depend on my husband who is currently a conductor. His daily income is $3, which only goes to food, leaving us with nothing to save for our future. What a miserable life! Skipping our meals has become the order of the day while my children's education has also been affected due to the lack of fees. Hence, I consider the lack of a stable source of income to be my biggest challenge."

"I hope to be able to educate all my children. Since the firstborn is in form three, I'm already planning toward his college studies. The rest who are still in primary school shall also need to proceed with their education. Education is the key that can unlock their success. By being educated, they'll also be able to develop their home. I need approximately $2000 to be able to achieve this. I hope to sell my goats after they reproduce exhaustively, then get a loan from my merry-go-round group to raise this money."

"Givedirectly has empowered me and many others for the future. If Givedirectly leaves today, many of us will have something to show. The face of our town has and the competition of building a modern house has taken a center stage through the support of Givedirectly which is very commendable. So far there is nothing they could do better because they does very well in fulfilling their promises as we were told during the program official launching in our town."