"I expect my life to change in that I will have enough food for the family."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have a dairy cow and I will no longer buy milk. I will also sell the surplus milk to earn an income."

"I expect my life to change in that I will have two source of income from the motorcycle and from the milk. This also will enable me to get some money to build rental houses."

"I expect my life to have change in that I will have enough milk and I will sell the surplus to earn an income to meet other basic needs."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the construction of the kitchen. We already have woods ready and all we are still looking for is iron sheets and the money we will be using to pay the constructor. "

"Being a widow and the only breadwinner providing for food for my family has been a challenge task especially at my age of 76 years. Peasant farming is what I have been doing, Now that I am old and sick working in the farm to get enough food for myself is very hard. Therefore, I consider food insecurity as my biggest hardship in my life."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the construction of two rooms and installation of electricity. At then they will be ready to be sold and I believe they will attract customers since I am planning to furnish them well. "

"In the next six months I expect to have completed the fencing of my farm and will then be preparing for the next step of looking for a better breed of a cow so that I start rearing. "

"Lack of a reliable source of income to support the needs of my family has been my biggest hardship. Currently, my husband is surviving with a catheter and can no longer work to support the family. This has forced me to depend on my 3 sons who are doing casual jobs and their income is unreliable something that forces me to engage in charcoal burning as my alternative source of income, a job that drains much of my energy and it's low paying."

"The urge to sleep on a modern wooden bed with a mattress pushes me to the need of buying one but due to the financial constraints, I have never realized this desire. My plan is to fulfill this wish once I receive my transfers from GiveDirectly and I am intending to spend $100 to accomplish this. On the other hand, I am planning to buy 3 indigenous dairy cows at a cost of $450 and in addition to this, I will also purchase 6 goats at $180. This will act as my long term investment project that can help me to meet my needs in the future."