"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. My wife has been sick for a long time. Walking is a problem so she can not work looking at her situation.The little money that I get as pension is what I use to take care of her medical bills plus other needs of the household. "

"My expectation in the next six months is that my life will be much better. With the new house, I will have improved it by purchasing new furniture hence it will be more welcoming to guests as well as comfortable to rest for my family. Besides, I will also be happy because, for once, I will have managed to own livestock which is a great asset for our community."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build iron-roofed house for better accommodation. I waste a lot of energy and time each year renovating my grass thatched house since it's much destroyed by termites. I intend to solve this problem through building iron-roofed house which may not easily be destroyed by termites. Also I will be able to invest my energy and time wasted each year in to productive work."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a cow that will act as an investment for my household. When it multiplies, I can sell some in order to solve household problems like feeding and treatment. I will then be able to build a better grass thatched house with a cemented floor because the one I sleep in is dusty and leaky hence improving on my living conditions."

"My life has improved because I'm now sleeping comfortably in a beautiful house. Secondly, I'm also being respected in the community because I have married a wife. Precious I slept in a leaking thatched house and I could not afford to pay off the bride price which made my parent's in-law to take back their daughter."

"I believe in the next six months I would have completed constructing the shop and it will be fully operational. This means I will have a reliable source of income as I anticipate to earn good profit from this business. My strategy to reach this goal is to learn the needs and priorities of my customers. My target market is the people within my locality. The earnings which I will get will help me to support my family and pay school fees for my children and my sister too."

"In the next six months, I would like to buy an incubator and build a brooder. My main goal of acquiring this is to hutch chicks for commercial sale. People in our area prefer rearing chicken and having an incubator would enable me to hutch 350 chicks at once which would earn me good money within 21 days. This will further empower me financially and easily be able to meet my family needs and also support our church projects."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now happier compared to how I was before. This is because when I got married, my in-laws had to seek shelter at our neighbor's house so that my husband and I would live in the house they used to sleep in. This always made me feel that I had inconvenienced them as they no longer had their privacy. Being able to build a spacious house for my family to allow my brother in-laws to sleep in our previous house has made me be contented with what I have."

"I received a message alert on my phone at night as I was still asleep. When I read and realized that GiveDirectly had sent me the money, I became so happy. I knew that I would clear this year's school fees for my children on time."

"I have always depended on income from small casual work jobs for my daily income. Since they don't pay very well, I have always struggled to raise money to meet all my needs. Ever since I started receiving these transfers, I have felt relieved in handling my needs because I don't struggle as before. At least these days I can spend and still spare some amount of money for savings which is a very big step in my life. All these are happening because of GD transfers. I also have new household items which I did not have before. I have bought new seats and I no longer have to sit on jerricans while in the house. I can spend time in my hose comfortably because I have where to sit on while relaxing unlike before when I would prefer visiting my friends instead of spending time alone in the house."