"In the next six months l will have expanded the business and be able to serve the whole community and enjoy more profit out of it."

"I hope that in the next six months, I would have gotten my health back. Right now, I just sit around doing nothing because of my poor health. I hope I will get enough money to go back to the hospital for checkup. Once I am healthy, I can do simple home chores such as looking after my livestock."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have bought 2 cows that I am intending to pay as dowry to my wife's parents. I am soon formalizing my marriage after I pay dowry to my in laws. Previously, I didn't have enough money to buy cows since whatever I got was spent for supporting my family."

"My life has greatly changed and it is currently different after receiving my transfers since I have built a decent spacious house. I now live in a decent iron-roofed house which has boosted my self-esteem in society and given better comfort. This is a dream that I could not have fulfilled at my own cost. I feel it dawned at an older age. I had for long wished to live in a decent house but my overwhelming family needs never gave me a chance to build one. I had struggled to provide for my family which I could manage to meet with my small business profits and selling of farm produce. My house got older and older thus started cracking and weak a situation that was becoming uncomfortable for me. With my age, I lost hope of building a decent house but I thank GiveDirectly since they made it possible for me."

"My life is now different because I currently own three cows which I would not have managed to buy at my own cost. One of my future goals was to have at least a good source of income. I feel GiveDirectly has fulfilled this since I will be selling milk as these cows reproduce. I had wished for long to buy more livestock but due to scarce resources and overwhelming family needs never balanced to give me a chance to buy one. I feel so happy to own these added assets courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"Looking at my life now, there is really a great difference with if I had never received the transfers. The subsistence and the livestock farming I have ventured in, the new house I constructed, and the cleared school fees for my children would not have happened without the support from the transfers we received. At least my children are now getting ample time to study in school and back home they are assured of a healthy hearty meal."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received these transfer in that I have a gotten a new house that I always desired. My husband was has been our breadwinner for the last one year after getting a leg injury he couldn't go back to work and that met a hold on our developmental project. Personally , I feel honored that I now have a decent house that can host my family members comfortably. With the two acre of land that we had cultivated maize and other food crop with the money, its also an assurance of food security in my household."

"In my daily life, owning a cow that produces milk twice every day is indeed the biggest difference. Before receiving the first transfer, we would always buy milk from the neighboring shopping center. This was too expensive for us to manage since we never had a consistent source of income. On some days, we would go without milk and when we managed to buy, still it wasn't enough for the whole household. We are now grateful that we currently produce enough both for domestic use and surplus for sale."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I shall have already completed the construction of my new house. I also expect to have acquired a dairy cow from the savings that I am currently making. All these are in a quest to make sure that I raise the living standards of my family and make them happy. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for enabling me realize dreams that I never thought I could realize anytime soon. expect to have already built my new house. bought the dairy cow and have a generally happier family and invest more in education for my children."

"Having my own semi-permanent house has made my life to be very different. Previously everyone could say I was mentally ill because of the condition of my house. The house was very small and its condition was critical. The worst part is that one could see everything that was inside. Most of my properties were stolen because of the condition of the house. In addition to this, whenever it could rain I used to seek shelter from my relatives which were so stressful. I am now happy because I am sleeping under a descent house and I am planning to look for a spouse since the women in the village were avoiding me due to the condition of my house and my life in general. I felt I was embarrassed. I never thought I would marry anytime soon. My life had totally changed."