"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy food and other basic needs.At my age,I am no longer able to work in the farm and therefore I fully depend on my children.I was also diagnosed with hypertension and this means that I am always on medication which is quite costly.With this money at hand,I will be less dependent on my children who also have their own families to fend for since I will buy foodstuff,medicine and clothes"

"The biggest hardship I have faced is raising school fees for my children.My son recently completed University where he had been enrolled as a self sponsored student.The fees were very high and this forced us to sell most of our cows in order to manage as well as pay for the other children.This was with the hope that once he completes,he will secure a job and in turn assist us with paying for his siblings' fees.With the current unemployment crisis,he has not gotten one and we have therefore had to keep struggling more especially because we fully depend on farming which sometimes fails us."

"I am a widow who is helpless and with no financial stronghold. The cash transfer has enabled me settle old debts thus reclaiming two farm lands that had been attached as collateral. This is the most viable impact in my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a chaff cutter machine to use in processing feeds for my cow. Before I used to struggle so much in doing these activities, It could take much of my time and there was a lot of waste. Currently, I save a lot of time on processing feeds, something I could not do before. I have devoted my extra time saved in doing horticultural farming which also earns me extra income. Milk productivity has increased so much compared to the previous months because my cows get enough feeds in time. There is an increment of milk production and this has resulted in higher income after the sales of milk at the market. The money I get from this is saved to be used in paying school fees for my children and meeting other expenses."

"Having no stable source of income has always made it hard for me to invest my transfers in any tangible projects because I mostly spend the money on foodstuff and school fees. Currently, I have plans of buying a few goats and sheep because I have cleared my daughter's school fees which was the most urgent need. I expect to have bought the goats and sheep that I intend to buy so that even when the project is over, I will have something to remind me of Give Directly."

"I'm planning to save the coming transfers so that I can purchase a dairy cow. With the cow, I'll be assured of enough milk for both family consumption and for sale. This will earn me additional income thus my living standards will improve. I believe I will be able to achieve several goals such as building another house which could not be possible when I only depended on the wages I got from the casual jobs."

"I have been saving part of my transfers through merry-go-round and I'm expecting to earn my share soon. Currently, I'm staying in a mud-walled house which is so dusty and dangerous to live in because it can collapse any time. The moment I'll earn my share I'll use it to purchase both sand and cement for plastering my house. I, therefore, plan to save my monthly transfer for the next six months in order to accumulate enough money that will enable me to plaster my house."

"The current house I have is pathetic. The walls have fallen off and the roof is leaking too. I do not feel safe staying in the house anymore. I have, therefore, have the plans of purchasing building materials which I'll use to construct a better house. In the next six months, I believe I'll have constructed a better house."

"I have a plot in the nearby center that I started building before I ran out of funds and left it hanging. My expectation in the near future, therefore, is to finish up the project. Once complete, I will lease out the building for commercial use and through that, I will have a monthly income from rent. The income will help meet my family's basic needs and improve my financial strength."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the overwhelming feeling of delight as I see that soon, I will be able to build my house and it will relieve me from the burden of buying and looking for the already expensive and scarce grass. In addition to this, I am happy that getting this money has enabled me to pay up all the debts that I had accumulated and I am now debt free."