"The moment I received the money was the best moment of my life. I was extremely excited to the extent that I could sleep after I read the message because I have never had such a huge amount of money in my life. I got up earlier than usual that day and prepared my best breakfast ever with joy and hope for a better life had dawned on me."

"Having a water pan in my farm would bring a great change to me. Water shortage has been a great challenge to me with my farming activities. Having it will enable me to store water for my livestock and also for irrigating my plants during the dry season."

"I expect my life to change over the next six months in that we shall have built a new and bigger house. This, I expect to do with the help of GiveDirectly transfers knowing very well that the support we receive from GiveDirectly is coming to an end soon."

"My long term goal is to go back to school and finish my course in hairdressing. I had started the course but then due to lack of finances, I was forced to drop out of school."

"In the next six months, I am hoping to have embarked on the construction of my house. This project has really taken long and I am hoping to see it to completion the sooner the better so as to shift my focus on other projects as well."

"In the next six months God willing, I will have plastered the kitchen flour and will be planning on how to plaster the walls of my house to make it look more beautiful."

"In the next six months, I will be closer to owning a parcel of land than ever before. This will be a dream come true for me. I have toiled and waited for this moment in my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer worry much about what to eat in my house. This is because I managed to buy maize and rice in large quantities to push me for a longer period of time. Besides, I more happier owning the two bulls and in the near future, I will start earning from them through ploughing other people's farms"

" My life has really changed in that I feel my mind is now more stable than before. This is because, I no longer have stress. I now know for sure that I will not only have sufficient milk for my family consumption but also the income that we will be generating from the sale of milk will be able sort most of my college needs such as rent and upkeep"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happier because I now have a more spacious house made of iron sheets on the walls and so will no longer have to smear it all the time. I also relax comfortably on the seats because of the new cushions that I purchased. My health has also improved because am no longer stressed since I have already accomplished my goal in life."