"My life is different from how it was in that, I have achieved most of my goals. I have started building a house, expanded my poultry farming and bought another cow. If it were not for GiveDirectly, I could have struggled to achieve all this by now. My gratitude goes to GiveDirectly."

"Coming from a large family of 7 men, the ancestral land is becoming smaller as the family expands and one of my biggest concerns is lack of enough space for cultivation. I, therefore, intend to use my first transfers to purchase a piece of land, and that will be a dream come true. I will no longer have to purchase farm produce from neighbors as I will have enough space to grow my own. Additionally, I desire to venture into goat rearing business --accordingly, I will purchase 10 goats for a start and as they continue breeding, my financial stability will be strengthened, and that is what receiving this money means to me."

"Receiving this money means upgrading on my tailoring course. I am a tailor and when I upgrade, I will be able to attain more knowledge on how to design good clothes. This means high revenues and increase stock of materials."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to provide my childrens' education needs."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrive the piece of land that I leased out, buy oxen that will support in cultivation and a cow that will provide milk for my family. I believe these will support my household better."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to make my family a better place to live in. I intend to buy livestock that will take care of future eventualities that may arise for example if a member of the family fell sick. I will use part of the money to take care of the education needs of my children."

"Receiving this money means reclaiming cultivation land used as security for money borrowed, and it also means reduced burden of looking for school fees for the children."

"The biggest hardship faced currently is having no source of regular income to support life, and oxen to ease the work of ploughing gardens."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is inadequate food at the household. I do not own enough land for crop cultivation which leads to low crop production hence famine."

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of a reliable source of income for the household. I am a peasant farmer and inadequate land and lack of oxen for crop cultivation had hindered income generation at household level."