"For the past one year I have been living under a very poor structure after my house collapsed. Since I am not financially stable, I built a house that resembles a chicken pen to shelter my family. The condition of this place is not fit for human life and it is a threat to our security. The house is surrounded by bushes that harbour very dangerous snakes. As if this is not enough the walls are almost falling and it has no door to protect our household items. Therefore, receiving this transfer means constructing a better house to provide my family a decent shelter."

"I've been yearning to own dairy cows like my neighbors. Every day, I purchase milk from them and this is very costly. I believe having my own will be a huge relief in terms of family expenses and nutrition for the children because we will have a constant supply of milk at no cost. And since, free-range is practiced here, the cost of raising livestock is extremely low. In addition, I intend to invest part of transfers in Silver cyprinid commonly referred to as Omena business and the proceeds will help in catering for my children's educational needs."

"Adding one dairy cow at $350 for milking that will ensure sustainable daily income from selling milk is what receiving this money means to me. I will also use my transfer to buy goats and sheep as a store of wealth so that whenever there is shortage of food in my family i can sell some after they multiply to buy food and support other family needs. I will use the remaining part of my transfer to buy household furniture and clothes for my grand children."

"My son had completed his primary school studies and ready to join high school. For sure, I feel happy seeing this transformation. I could not have raised the whole amount for his shopping and fees had it not been for financial support from GiveDirectly. As of now, he is comfortable in school, having paid the whole of this term's school fees. Additionally, I did adequate shopping for him which constituted all the requirements that were needed. To say the truth, I already feel that he is enjoying a good stay in school. Taking my son to school is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is raising a family as a single parent.My spouse passed on when we had nothing to support the family.Since then it has been one hurdle after another especially with school fees as well as all the other basic needs"

"I am growing older and older thus engaging in daily chores and causal jobs is becoming challenging. I had built a small house while I was still stronger. By then it was pretty and spacious enough for us but as time went by it turned smaller and older. This made it uncomfortable for us and the leaking roof made it worse to stay in. I had a plan to build a more decent house before, a dream that I never saw it coming through since my daily household needs grew higher forcing me to spend much of my wages on. I totally lost hope of building another one as I got older and accepted to stay in my pitiable conditions. When I received my transfer I felt it had dawned on my life. I no longer worry about a leaking roof. Currently, I live under a decent spacious iron-roofed house courtesy of GiveDirectly. Being able to fulfill this at my age is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I am illiterate and life has been tough due to lack of skills. I have wished to educate my children through primary school, secondary school to college level. Currently, I have 4 children in primary school and One in secondary.Receiving this money means acquiring quality education for my children since I am planning to spend $ 400 on clearing fee arrears of my daughter who is in form four. The remaining amount will assist me in expanding my small business in the village."

"I am a shopkeeper operating a shop in the village. I have wished to own a motorbike to assist me in the transportation of stock to my shop. In addition, my husband will use it as a taxi so that he may a have a reliable source income to supplement my earnings from the shop. Therefore receiving this money means the realization of my dreams in life."

"Receiving this money means finishing my house to a standard that I desired it to be. As for now, we constructed a permanent house but we could not finish it due to the financial crisis and my plan was to spend the first transfer to do this. On the other hand, I intend to buy a 10,000 liters water storage tank to store water to use during the drought seasons and also to sell to the community in order to earn an extra income."

"With my family of 12 members yet we depend on subsistence farming which is not reliable in our area because of the unpredictable weather conditions, it has been a big challenge to meet our basic needs. This has forced me to engage in labor-intensive activities like burning charcoal in order to supplement the little income from my husband's casual jobs. With our combined income, we still can not fully sustain the needs of our family and therefore, lack of a reliable source of income is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced."