"My life will have been different in the next six months because I will no longer strain much doing casual jobs. Since I had the resources to invest in my farm, I am planning to concentrate more to ensure I get good returns. This will guarantee me high profits and my well-being will positively change. I also believe my children performance in school will improve because if my business picks up well, I plan to enrol them in a private school and purchase supplementary books for them"

"My expectation is that my life will change to be better because I believe my poultry project will have stabilized. The income from the sale of eggs and poultry will help me meet my household needs. Besides, I also have a son who recently completed University. As soon as he acquires a job, he will also contribute a lot in supporting his siblings by paying their school fees. This is why I will ensure I don't let him down by paying his school fees and ensuring he finishes school"

"I used part of my transfers to pay back a loan I took from Mshwari. The money helped me to boost my cloth business which was not doing very well. Without the loan, the business would have collapsed by now. This is why I chose to pay back the money since it was very helpful. The rest of the transfers I have saved for any financial emergency in the family. I always refer to spare some amount so that in case I have any financial crisis, I don't run to the business resources first. This help the business to grow well."

"The biggest difference in my life brought about by GD transfers is that I am able to pay my house rent in time on a monthly basis. Before the transfers, I used to rely on low and inconsistent income from construction jobs which could not even meet my personal needs. In most cases, my landlord would lock me out of the house as I did not have the money to pay. We had a very rough relationship with my landlord and even if I was genuine with the reason for not paying rent in time, he would not believe me. Ever since I started receiving my transfers, I have always dedicated them to paying rent. As a result, I have never failed to pay rent and right now, I am the most talked about by the landlord for showing commitment to paying rent in time. I thank GD for the transfers."

"The biggest difference in my daily since I started receiving these transfers is that I have my own business. Before the transfers, I used to rely on income from casual work and odd jobs in my area. The income was not much and we would struggle as a family to make ends meet. Sometimes we would miss some meals just to meet other needs such as medication. School fees was a financial burden I never managed to meet in time. When I started receiving these transfers, I have been using them to buy business equipment bit by bit. Right now, I have an established barbershop business which has been very helpful in my life. I no longer struggle as I used to because I have daily income from the business. I thank GD for the transfers."

"For now, I will focus my transfers in boosting my cloth business which has been my main source of income for the past two years. I would want to make it more stable when I am still receiving these transfers from GD so that it will be able to sustain my family needs for long. Right now, I can't depend on it because it can collapse anytime. This is why I would want to ensure it is stable enough to sustain my family needs."

"In the next six months if all goes well I expect to have bought a cow. With more savings, I will see the number of my livestock increase every five months. I would have kissed poverty goodbye and stepped into the new land of milk and honey."

"In the next six months, I am certain that my siblings will be attending school smoothly without any interference like before where they were constantly sent home for school fees. I have set aside some money to purchase another cow to increase milk production. This will also boost our livelihoods when we sell the extra milk after setting aside some for household consumption."

"I usually use most of my transfers in paying for my rent and to top up the amount required to pay for the business stall where I run my business. I choose to spend the money this way so that I can channel most of my profits in boosting my business by adding more stock and taking care of other household needs. This is the only way I can grow the business to be in a position to support me fully once the project is over."

"Before I started receiving financial assistance from Give Directly, I had a small grocery business that I run. I did not earn much from this business because it was not located in a very good area that had fewer customers. With the help of the transfers, I was able to rent a stall at a busy shopping centre and boosted my business which has generally increased my profits. I am at a position where I do not have to rely on my husband to provide everything for the family as I did before because I can now assist through my earnings."