"Having cows has really changed my life. I settled in buying them for various reasons. First, my children are still young, none has started going to school yet. I am hoping by the time they attain the age of schooling the cows will have multiplied. I will have started doing other businesses as a result of their products. First, I will be getting plenty of milk from the two dairy cows and I am planning to supply them to our local market and save the money for my children's future studies. Secondly, with the pair of oxen, they will help me in ploughing my farm and this means the level of food production shall also increase compared to when I used to till my fam by myself. I will also hire them for my neighbors at a fee which will earn me more money that will help me in settling my family needs. I will also have a means of taking care of emergencies without taking loans."

"My life is different from how it was if I would have never received the transfer in that, I have accomplished some of the goals that have brought peace in my heat. I love the way my compound is fenced. Maybe I could not have managed to fence it to date. I also bought a calf that I had sold due to financial constraints. A least I have brought it back to the mother. This simply means that my investment have increased."

"My life has greatly changed since I received my first transfer. I practice mixed farming to earn a living and support my family. It is always my wish to improve this to enable me to earn more income to meet the ever-rising family needs. Expanding my farming has been a dream that would not have been realized if it was not for GiveDitrectly. Before GiveDirectly came for enrolment, I used to stay at home most of the time so that I would be looking after my livestock and poultry so that it would not invade my crops. This was tiring and a waste of time that I could have spent in other areas. Being able to fence my compound is the biggest difference in my daily life. Due to this, I can always go anywhere without worrying that my chicken and livestock will destroy my crops."

"I realized that GiveDirectly had sent us the promised money in the morning after switching on my phone since I had switched it off the previous night. My heart was filled with happiness at that instant and I gave thanks to God. I knew that this money would uplift our living standards in different ways."

"It was a few minutes to 6 am when I heard a message notification on my phone. Since I was on my way to work, I immediately read the message. I was filled with happiness as I read through the message that confirmed to me that GiveDirectly had sent me money. I knew that I would at long last own a dairy cow that had been my longtime dream."

"In the next six months, I believe that receiving these transfers would enable me to support cash crop farming. I am thinking of growing short term crops which do well in this region. This would enable us to double our income and get some for food."

"I felt so happy the moment I received my transfer. I awoke my husband and shared the good news with him at that time of the night and he was equally happy. We then brainstormed on some of the plans we had agreed to accomplish as we purposed to put every coin into meaningful use."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought materials ready to cement the floor of my house. I depend on small scale farming to earn an income by selling the produce at the market. The amount of money that I get through this is so small and could only gather for the basic needs and school fees for my children. We live in a dusty floor house that exposes us to dust and respiratory diseases which are so expensive to treat. I was so worried about the uncertainties that might happen to us. Currently, I have bought the materials in place and this had given me hope that my wish will be fulfilled. When I have cemented the house My family will no longer be exposed to dust. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has given us hope which was absent before."

"In the next six months, I would like to make some savings with the aim of buying materials for building a better house. I thought of this so that I would have a better structure and that I will have time to focus on other investments."

"I felt so happy the moment I received my money. My case was a unique one considering that I received my transfer after everyone else had received theirs in the village. Message came in at around 5:00 am in the morning that day and I took it easy until I started receiving phone calls from my neighbors who were eager to know whether I had finally received my transfer. On telling them that I had received, everyone of them felt so happy to hear that I had finally received my share. The whole village was actually happy for me and I couldn't be more happier than I was then."