"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."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is poor accommodation. The house I sleep in is grass thatched, leaky due to the holes made by rats on the roof. The poor state of my house makes me sickly which drains any money that is in the household."

"The moment I got money, I felt happy because I had hopes of paying bride price in order to bring back my wife and acquire things I needed in my home."

"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."

"I became so happy the moment I realized that GiveDirectly had sent us the promised money. This money gave me hope that I would soon achieve my aim of building a decent house for my family."

"I believe education is the key in life, therefore, I prioritize my children's education so that they will have a better future. I have four children one in college and the others in various secondary schools and raising their fees has not been easy. I majorly collect firewood for sale to earn a living. Raising my children's fee together with meeting family daily needs had been strenuous to me. I had to go far and struggle a lot to get enough firewood to sell. Ever since I received my transfers, my health has improved. This is because I no longer overwork myself looking for money to use in paying my children's school fees. Clearing this year's school fees using my transfers has given me humble time to look for their next year's school fees. So far, I have been able to save some money which I will use in paying school fees next year."

"My only goal, for now, is to buy building materials. Currently, I do not have a house back home and whenever I go home, I have to sleep at my friend's house. This is not a good show since I stay in an urban setup and the community expects me to have built since I am exposed to better resources and opportunity than those staying in the rural area."