"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be having a cow in my home. I plan to save part of my monthly transfers to use in buying a cow which is a very good investment and needs very little resources to take care of. This is a sign of wealth and I know I will not struggle anymore."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started a business to boost my income. I would not want to struggle as I have in the past to meet my needs. The profits from the business will help me meet my needs with ease and the business will help me improve on service delivery to my family."

"With the ongoing plans to construct a new house, I am hopeful that in the next six months I will have completed the construction. Sourcing of materials and other finances to pay the contractors is currently underways and once all is set, the construction will pick. I am really thankful to GiveDirectly for the great support they have given us."

"In the six months I will have completed my secondary and waiting for my final result."

"In the six months I expect to have started the business and I am very sure it will have boost some of my income like motorcycle taxi. I will able to get enough profit to improve the living standard of my family."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed building the kitchen and my spouse will have a nice secured place to cook in."

"In the next six months I expect to have completed building for my son his house and he will be staying in a very comfortable house with his family."

"When drought face our region every year, we receive a below normal rainfall distribution and therefore water shortages will be aggravated by the drought. When this happen, competition for water sources between humans and animals become rife. The aftermath becomes a plummeting supply of food for livestock thus a diminishing production, whose ripple effect include malnutrition and school drop outs due to lack of funds. "

"Our income from charcoal making is unreliable and quite little compared to the needs we have that is housing, food and education. In a month we make an average of 1000 shillings which is not even guaranteed because we sometimes have to wait longer to get buyers. This has delayed most of our dreams that we desire to fulfill such as building a bigger house that can accommodate all of us and taking my first born son to college. Thus, financial instability is our biggest hardship."

"Receiving this money means a reliable source of income so that we can comfortably cater for our needs such as food and education. We plan to start a grocery business within our community. I will be buying the stock from our main market in Bamba and distribute it to households in our area. We also want to purchase indigenous goats that we can rear at home which we can sell to meet emergency needs when we do not have cash at hand. "