"Lack of a stable source of income is what has been my biggest hardship. I used to depend on farming mainly, Recently farming has not been doing well due to long dry spells. My spouse is unemployed and he depends on motorcycle Rider jobs when called in, therefore our income is not enough to fully cater for our needs which include buying food and educating the children."

"I want to build a better and bigger kitchen in my homestead. The one we currently use is small and it rains inside making it difficult to cook there on rainy seasons. Receiving this money will mean a lot to me, because I will be able to build a bigger iron roofed kitchen amounting to $300 that will serve as an extra room for when we have guests. The remaining transfer will be used as follows: $300 for a dairy cow,$200 for food and clothing and $100 as savings."

"My family struggles in buying milk each day. We use about $1.5 on milk per month, my wife is a stay at home mum and quite old, so she can not support in working and bringing extra income to the household. That is why when I receive this transfer I will use most of it amounting to $1000 in purchasing 4 dairy cows.Milk produced will be for home consumption and we can sell the remaining milk to generate extra income. The remaining $100 will be used in buying farm seeds, clothes and food for the family."

"I have spent my transfers on buying construction materials because I am preparing to build a house. Also managed to buy fertilizer and food. Now all I have to do is actually start building the house thats what I am busy with at the moment."

"Give Directly has given us a chance to have a good house and to be able to take better care of ourselves. There is nothing I see that GD has done wrong."

"GiveDirectly does well by reminding us all the time about how important it is to keep our Airtel Money security pins safe. It also does well by giving us money to buy our needs"

"Iam very happy to receive the money because i have been looking forward to have a new house and i now have it."

"My life is different now because I have a good home and the most important part is that now I have food around the house enough to feed my family."

"With this transfer I have finally been able to fix my house. This is something I could not do before because I am poor and too old to find work. I have been helped by these transfers a great deal. My children were wearing rags but now I can afford to buy them shorts. I was unable to feed my family, which is something I can now do. I am very grateful to GD for changing my life."

"I used the money to buy things that I couldn't have bought if I did not receive the transfer, I was able to buy food( maize) for the family and most importantly I used the money to buy materials like cement, iron sheets to improve my house."