"The biggest hardship I face in my daily life is poverty. When I wake up every morning, I think a lot of how to get money in order to support my self. I am an ok person and my support comes from farmibg which is not reliable and I am not able to cultivate in large champs of land. The little I get is stocked as food for the household. "

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of enough money for paying school fees for my children. I have three children in primary education and termly fees is a very big challenge. I sell part of the produce every term in order to raise their school fees which leaves my household with little food."

"By the end of the six months, I shall have saved and bought livestock for rearing as the financial security of the family. I have always wanted to venture into farming to help in securing our finances as a family but I could not be able to as I did not have funds to fulfil the dream. I am glad that I got the chance to even think about it."

"In the next six months hopefully, I will have established the chicken business and my kitchen will be upstanding. These are the few things that would bring me heaven on earth."

"I do not expect much change in the next six months because I still have school fees to pay. I have several school children and it would be difficult to start a new project at the moment. Although I am planning to save the little money I get from casual jobs and start an income-generating activity later."

"The biggest difference is that I have paid the school fees for my children. I depend on the casual jobs in the village and the amount of money that I get is too small and it cannot gather for all the basic needs and the same time paid school fees for my children. They used to be sent home most of the time to collect school fees and this was affecting their performance in school because they could stay home before I get the money. When I received the money from GiveDirectly we decided with my family to clear the school fees for all term. My children are no longer sent home and this has led to an improvement in their performance compared to previous terms. I have also reduced the casual jobs and I have devoted half of my time to work on my own farm and this had led to a good harvest. I am so much grateful for the support it has changed our living standard."

"I expect an optimistic life in the next six months since I will have done early and timely cultivation thus I will have my crops in good condition. I expect better yields from these for both household consumption and sales. I have a plan to put up a private school as a business and service provider to the society thus I expected in the next six months to have started a saving plan towards the attainment of this project."

"In the next six months, I expect to must have bought more building materials and built the kitchen. I will be a proud owner of a very beautiful kitchen that will definitely be the envy of the entire village. My wife will be a happy one as she would be protected from the harsh weather conditions while preparing the family meals."

"In the next six months, I desire to have finished paying the installments that were pending for the solar system and God willing I will have started rearing poultry as an IGA for my household."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have fixed an iron sheet roof and replace the grassed that one by buying building materials every month with the sent transfer. This is because at the moment the leaky grass-thatched roof of my house is in a deplorable condition which has made it risky for our habitation."