"My life will change because six months from today I will have saved enough money that will enable me to buy a cow and start an animal farming project"

"I am happy to have now acquired a pair of oxen to help me in my farming. I have been hiring from neighbours during the planting seasons which was expensive to me, and using the hoes was time-consuming and tiresome as well. I could not fully cultivate my farm. I feel owning this pair makes it be the biggest difference in my daily life because I am assured of cultivating a bigger acreage and doing timely cultivation since rainfall is sometimes unpredictable in our region thus planning for early cultivation is always a priority, which can only be achieved through the oxen."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have improved farming techniques. I am planning to use modern techniques such as in order to increase my acreage of land under cultivation. I now have the means to hire a tractor and buy pesticides, fertilizers, and other farm inputs. This will guarantee me more income from the sale of my farm produce. I plant to use this money to majorly cater for my children education needs"

"In the next six months, I expect a lot of changes and the most obvious one is the fact that we will be owning our own cow. This to us means that we will no longer be buying milk as it has been a routine over a length of time. This will relieve us of the heavy cost we have been incurring and will then enable us to spend on other household needs."

"My expectation in the near future is to be financially stable such that I can comfortably pay school fees for my children. I strive to be successful in my poultry farming so that the proceeds from these projects can help with these plans. I also want to live in a permanent house. My kitchen right now is made of mud and the roof is grass-thatched and maintaining it is quite labor-some and costly. All these plans are all aimed at improving our general welfare and lifestyle in the long run. I believe I will be able to achieve them since I now have the means to reach these goals."

"I believe in the next six months I would have planted the cabbages and wouldn't be worried about paying school fees for my children."

"I believe in the next six months I would have done a lot in terms of farming. The time I used to spend fetching water will now be spent on working on my farm. This will help me spend more time taking care of my crops which means my harvest will increase. Because I now have time to pay close attention to my cabbages, I know I will get a bumper harvest which will earn me more income. This will enable me to cater to my family's needs even after when GiveDirectly have completed their work in our area."

"Receiving this money means I will buy a motor cycle that will support in transporting children to school in order to avoid the cost of transporting children to and from school every day. In addition to that, th motor cycle will be used for transport business which will generate daily income for the household. I have been paying a lot of money in order to transport children to school which has drained household savings."

"Currently, I have not managed to finish my previous goal of plastering my house thus I do not have a new goal until I finish this then I will think of what to do next. I do masonry work since where we are staying in a rural setup, I get very little daily income, and I have to budget with the little I get. Therefore I have to plan properly to achieve my set goals."

"It was early in the morning when I decided to go through my phone. I then realized that I had some unread messages and decided to read them and know its contents. My heart was filled with happiness after realizing that GiveDirectly had honored their promised by sending us our first transfer. I knew that my life dreams would finally be achieved using this money."