"The moment I received my money , I had mixed reactions, I felt very happy as tears of joy rolled on my check . It is an describable moment for me since receiving this money met a lot in terms of my financial growth . I immediately told my husband who is my confidant and helper in my daily world ."

"I am a really huge fan of dreadlocks which has made me want to take a hairdressing course, specializing only on dreadlock maintenance. My goal is to start saving so that I can enrol in a beauty college and take up the course. When I finally qualify, I will work at a salon from mid-morning to late afternoon when there is not much work on the motorcycle taxi business that I currently do. This is a means of earning an extra income to fend for my growing family."

"In the next months, I am hoping that we will be living in our new house together with my family. This will be an achievement that I have waited for so long."

"I have been thinking of a business idea, thus I came up with cereal business because it easy to manage and getting goods is also not difficult. I have a friend who is operating the same business thus I have also done research on how best to go about it. I am very optimistic that it will work and ill get the best out of my business to help me support my family."

"I got a confirmatory message that I had received my money early in the morning . I couldn't handle the joy and happiness I felt hence I thought of sharing the news with my husband who was travelling back home from work for the festive season . He was also perplex that GiveDirectly had committed its promise since at first he was doubtful before ."

"In the next six months, I am looking forward to having savings aside towards improving my house. This will improve our living standards."

"In the next six months, I am hoping that school fees will have been cleared and my projects will be funded. This will be a dream come true for my household members."

"I would not have managed to build a house for my children without GD. They used to sleep in my neighbor's house where they would not get time and space to read because they would all meet in the house with their friends and cousins. I always build them a separate house where I can make them study hard and too well in academics so that they ger a better life in the days to come."

"I could not have afforded to buy a cow for milk production t meet my family's needs. I greatly desired to buy one but was possible because I don't have an income other than subsistence farming that only serves to barely feed us. However, the amount of money that came as lumpsum like this led me to get a cow. We had been for a long time, struggling to feed the household. I was living in hand to mouth basis. Currently, I have become better and got more resources that I can use to pay school fees through selling livestock and milk from the cattle that I now rear."

"I do not have any additional goals at the moment other than to keep working hard to grow my businesses for a better future. I was able to purchase most of the household I needed with part of the transfers, so I do not have to worry about spending my savings on such items."