"Right now , I do not have any stable source of income. I only depend on a small income from construction work. Therefore, I want to use my next transfer to start a business to help me get an income to sustain my life and meet my needs in time. I would not want to marry and add more burden when I do not have a stable income."

"I struggle each day to make sure that my family has a happy and healthy life thus making sure that we have access to basic needs is my priority. In our area, getting clean water is a problem given that we have to go far to fetch water in a river. Apart from my family being at risk of contracting water-borne diseases, this situation had put me in deep stress since it was time-consuming and straining to fetch enough water in a day for my family use. Currently, my life has greatly changed in that my family now has access to clean water for consumption and domestic use. I used my transfer to buy a water tank and I currently do not go to the river to fetch water like before. I am happy that I have saved my family from the risk of water-borne diseases and I can relax too. I feel this water tank has given me the biggest difference in my daily life ever and am thankful to GiveDirectly."

"Receiving this money means I can buy a cow and build an iron roofed house."

"Receiving this money means I can complete the construction of my permanent house. I had started but couldn't complete it due to lack of enough money."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the renovation of our house and would have embarked fully on farming. I also have a plan to venture into potatoes farming since it is the most profitable crop currently which takes the shortest period in the farm after planting."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for cultivation. I do hire land each time I want to cultivate. This is expensive for me the fact that my household income is low."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to take care of the needs of my household. My house is not complete and I don't have oxen because there is no money for me spend on them. I use a small hoe to do all my garden work which is time wasting and less rewarding because the portion of work done is usually small."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is inadequate financial support. I can not pay my children's school fees in time and meet basic household needs because I broke my leg through an accident that has reduced my mobility and ability to do more of garden work."

"My expectation in the next six months is that my life will be much better because I will have accomplished most of my goals in life. I believe that if I succeed in purchasing the dairy cow, It will really boost my income and my family wellbeing will greatly improve. Also, my health will improve such that I will no longer experience back pains as before because I will cease working on the farm and concentrate more on livestock keeping which is less tiresome"

"I was happy to receive the transfer. For sure, I never imagined that a day would come and get such a fortune in my life. I thanked GiveDirectly for the money."