"My biggest challenge is poverty. I'm living in my son's house because mine fell and he moved to his wife's village so that I could live in his house. I have no mattress and beddings which I would like to have one day. I am old but I still have to go out to find money for food. I rely on casual labour."

"Currently our only challenge as a household is poor housing. As you can see this house is grass thatched. Having to thatch it year in year out is costly for us and energy draining for us. We wish we lived in an iron sheet roofed house with cemented floor in all 3 rooms but are unable to achieve that due to lack of money."

"My only challenge at present is lack of housing. My initial house collapsed in January due to heavy rains so I have had to move into this boysquarter for shelter. This doesn't bring me the comfort I need and the fact that I don't have the financial capacity to build a new and better house stresses me even more."

"I hope to see me and my family living better since we have completed our house through this program and in the nearest future I want to see my children educated."

"I want to buy three bundles of zinc for the house."

"I want complete the renovation of the house to have a decent place for my family and also see my children pass from one class and another, through this transfer I was able to pay their fees."

"I am grateful to givedirectly for coming to my community things have been so challenging for me. I am a hunter but through this cash transfer I am building my house and I have had time to be with the family not going in the bush to hunt. Givedirectly has not been any worse in my community than I know of."

"I will buy two bundles of zinc for the house and pay labor cost cost for the building."

""GiveDirectly is doing well by giving us free cash. At first, I thought the money was going to be a loan. If GiveDirectly can continue the cash transfer in the next villages, it will help them make their own choices to improve their lives"."

""I was home when my phone rang; it was a message from GiveDirectly that I have received $35,625. Wow! I was very excited to receive this amount. The first thing I thought of was to buy vegetable seeds to make a garden because this had been my dream"."