"We are living in an ASAL area and we experience drought twice a year. When this happen, it takes a toll on livestock productivity due to decline in pasture. Our source of income for the daily bread and education of our five children is put into jeopardy. This pushes us into leasing out land to earn a living. This is the biggest hardship I've faced in my life."

"I expect my life to change in that I shall have established my business of buying and selling eggs. This business shall be of great help to me and my family in the long run in that it shall improve my living standards and that of my family."

"In the next six months, I will have built another house for my children. I have three boys and soon they will undergo the rite of passage and after initiation they would have their own house. According to our culture, it is not appropriate to sleep under the same roof with children who have passed through the rite of passage. I will also feel good because they will now have enough space to even read and will never undergo the shame of being kicked out by neighbours when they seek a place to sleep."

"I expect to have opened a training saloon premise. next six months. I believe I have the skills to do so and I can teach someone well to have the skills too. In addition, having a training premise will enable me to have an additional source of income. Having an additional source of income will enable me to buy more saloon equipment that will attract more customers hence leading to increase in daily income. I would be in a position to support my family financially with no difficulty."

"I had been yearning to have my own permanent house for the longest time and getting this reward has been a dream come true. I actually succeeded to construct a decent house using the transfer from GiveDirectly. This has made my life to be totally different considering the fact that the previous one was a temporary hut that had a leaking roof and was also very small. Being the breadwinner and a widow, life was very tough. I had no hopes of constructing a decent house in my life. The little amount of money that I was earning was majorly spent on paying school fees for my children and meeting their basic needs. I am now happy since the coming of GiveDirectly has transformed my life in numerous ways. I sleep under an iron-roofed house and I no longer worry about the rains which have been a bother in my entire life."

"Having cleared school fees for my children has really given me peace of mind. I did not get the opportunity to finish school just because my parents were poor. And because of this, my dream was to see my children get a good education. Illiteracy is costly. I never wished any of my children to experience what I have gone through in life because of being an illiterate person. My dream is now coming true because through the financial support from GiveDirectly, I have been able to clear fees arrears for my children and they are settled in school. Although some of them had dropped out of school due to financial constraints, I am glad that I tried my best to keep the other ones in school but still feel that I had failed my other children as a parent. I am now happy because were it not for GiveDircetly, my children would still be at home."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to have changed in that, I believe I will have completed the construction on my retail shop and stocked it. Being a farmer, I will also be selling my farm proceeds such as vegetables and beans directly to consumers hence fetch a higher price as compared to selling to middlemen. The income from the shop will enable me to meet my household needs as well as save some to purchase an additional dairy cow"

"In the next six months, my life will have changed in that I will have expanded my poultry project. I believe that I will have bought atleast 20 gross chicken and this will be a good start. Due to this, my income from this project will increase from the bar that it is at currently. I will use this money to start a savings plan for my family that I will use in case of an emergency. Also, I believe that my dairy farming will be doing well and I will be aiming at improving it by buying a zero grazing cow."

"In the next six months, I believe that my life will have changed from how it is currently. I believe that I will have started saving some money towards achieving my goal. Also, I will have divided my land into two and look for different title deeds for the two lands so that I can use one to apply for a loan. I will then use this money to achieve my goal of building rental houses. I will be using the income from these houses to repay for this loan."

"With age really catching up fast on me, my expectation in the near future to live a more comfortable life and have adequate food. I do not to be in a position where I am forced to work in order to earn. I am also saving to buy another dairy cow for rearing. The proceeds from the sale of milk from these cows will help me meet daily basic needs and necessities."