"The biggest difference in daily life is that I have paid school fees for my children. I depend on the casual jobs in the village to earn an income to meet all the basic needs and pay part of the school fees for my children in school. Getting this casual jobs sometimes was a big challenge. My children would be sent home to collect the school fees and because I did not have the money ready they could stay home for some time which was affecting their performance in school. When I received the money fro GiveDirectly I cleared paying the school fees and my children was not sent home. This led to an improvement in performance and even gave me peace of mind to do my daily duties at home without any worry. I'm so happy because I have devoted most of my time to my farm unlike before where casual jobs were the priority."

"I expect to have established an additional business for my wife. I am planning to open a second-hand business for her. Currently, the whole family depends on me, remember we also have extended family to look after thus it is not an easy task. Having that business will earn us more income to enable us to meet our financial needs and also it empowers the person running it. I am very positive that in the next six months I'll be having a financial breakthrough."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have to increase the number of chicken on my farm and be in a position to buy a heifer through the sales of eggs and savings that I would have saved from the proceeds."

"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I shall be more economically empowered and have more money at my disposal."

"In the next six months, I am certain that my family will have enough food to sustain us for weeks, I will have built a bigger house to accommodate my fast growing boys and girls where they can enjoy their privacy since they are at their adolescent stage and they are experiencing different changes on their bodies. Besides that, I am hoping to have cleared their school fees. This was never the case since initially, we had to squeeze in one tiny house and privacy was a luxury and school fee was a nightmare."

"In the next six months, my life will have changed in that I will have finished building an extension of one room. Due to this, I will be a happier person knowing that my visitors will not be sleeping in our sitting room anymore. Finishing the construction of this room will also enable me to start saving some money that I can later invest in other income-generating activities."

"My life will have changed in the next six months in that I will have bought most of the building materials. I am hoping that I will have bought enough bricks, sand, iron sheets. Having all this in my compound will make me know that my dream of building a permanent house for my family would soon be realized. I am currently living in a small mud house and I would wish to upgrade into a more spacious and permanent one that can accommodate us comfortably."

"In the next six months, I will be proceeding with my course work so I expect to comfortably pay my school fees and provide for my upkeep with the resources received from GD. This is a golden opportunity at life that I won't blow because it might be the only opportunity I have to make my dream come to life so I intend to utilize it properly."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have fixed an iron sheet roof and replace the grassed that one by buying building materials every month with the sent transfer. This is because at the moment the leaky grass-thatched roof of my house is in a deplorable condition which has made it risky for our habitation."

"In the next six months, I will have finished building my house and will have set aside some cash for future use when my daughter will be joining college. I wouldn't want to be found off guard and I would want my children to have the best that I never had because of inadequate resources."