"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house and take care of the education needs of my children. I feel this is how best this chance will support me."

"Receiving this money means uplifting household living standards through purchasing oxen that will support in opening land for easy crop cultivation. It's difficult currently to dig with a hand hoe or hire oxen for cultivation because they are tiddeous and costly respectively. "

"My biggest hardship is lack of a credible source of income that I sufficient to take my children to school, buy food for the household and build a permanent house. My main source of income is through casual labour which can not enable me to meet basic daily needs of my household. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now hopeful in life. I have managed to do my dream course. I paid for a driving course that I am happily doing. I am now hopeful of getting my dream job of being a driver to a manager somewhere in one of the biggest companies in the city."

"Having no source of income especially when one had been used to earning something daily is very tough. I am not happy with my current situation where I have to beg for financial assistance, which is why I wish to start a new business soon. My hope is that in the next six months, the new business I am planning to start will be very stable enough to enable me to take care of my household needs with ease and be independent."

"My new goal is to save and start a business. Currently, I am unemployed. I used to partner with a friend where we could sell shoes in the neighborhood but I decided to leave the business because it was not doing well. I am planning to start my own very soon using the transfers that I get from GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have peace of mind. My business is now doing well after I boosted it using the transfers which I got from Give Directly. My children have now gone back to school after the business picked. I feel proud having taken them back to school. I had sold most of my household items including my television set and was left with nothing else to sell just to see my children go back to school. Were it not for the help that I received from Give Directly, they would have stayed at home for another one month as I look for another option which was not even forthcoming. I can only thank GiveDirectly for restoring my faith of living a good life again."

"Second hand clothes business has been my inner desire in my life ever since I am a casual labourer and my income is not enough to support my family's basic needs. Receiving this money from GiveDirectly means fulfilling my aspirations since I will be able to start the clothes business which will be operated by my wife. This will be our reliable source of income something that will change our livelihood. I also plan to spend the remaining amount to buy five goats and one cow in order to start rearing. "

"In the name of God, I really felt so happy and delighted. I jumped around and thanked God that I had received money that would help me to solve some financial needs in my home."

"Lack of sufficient resources has been the biggest hardship in my life. My husband and I do not have any reliable source of income. We previously dependent on agriculture, but unfavorable climatic conditions have been the greatest hindrance. At the moment, we survive on casual jobs that are hard to come by. As a result, we have not been able to sufficiently meet the needs of the family. Once we receive our transfers, we intend to invest in livestock rearing, particularly the indigenous goats because they are not labor-intensive and breed at a higher rate. Again our focus is education for the children. That will improve the situation of our household."