"Receiving this money means timely payment of school fees for my children. When I have educated them, they will have a brighter future and improved standard of living. In case of any balance, I will own a small business that will generate daily income for the household. I am mainly a subsistence farmer producing very little for mainly household consumption and little is sold to meet other daily needs, that leaves my family with a narrow source of revenue."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack money. My children are out school since I can not afford to provide scholarstic items and paying their school fees. Those at school are just struggling to pass exam since they donot attend classes regularly."

"I majorly depend on farming and casual jobs to earn a living and provide for my family. I had to struggle extra hard to make sure that the ever-rising household basic needs are met in my family. I lived in one grass-thatched house that I used to spend most of my time maintaining it regularly to prevent cracks and peeling off the grass to make our lives better since I could not build another one due to the scarce resource I had. I had felt ashamed of sharing a room with my grown-up children and making it worse was the efforts that I did not have to change the situation. My life is currently different than it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that I currently live in an iron-roofed house that has boosted my self-esteem in society since I am like anyone else and more so, I have a different room for my children to spend their nights in hence we are comfortable as the parents. I am able currently to harvest clean water from the roof of my house hence can't go anymore to ask for clean water from my neighborhood like before. I have bought a cow to add to the one I had thus I feel I have gained more wealth that with time will reproduce to give us more as a family that will stand as our security for any financial needs arising and the milk we will get from for both household use and sale hence generating more income. I currently have enough food in my store that I would not have gotten if it was for the GiveDirectly transfers."

"I am now doing a business of sewing clothes using the new sewing machine which I purchased using the transfers. I use the profits generated to feed my family and also save a portion of the transfers for future use."

"The cash transfers have made my life much better and comfortable. I am a proud owner of a finished permanent house. I was able to renovate the incomplete mud house which had no windows. I was almost suffocating in the house due to poor ventilation. Furthermore, I am happy that I was able to pay all my children's school fees with ease. Previously, I had to borrow loans to clear the school fees. I am glad that the cash transfers were sent at the time when I was in distress."

"My life is much better even at my old age. I can afford to eat good food without begging from the community members. I am very glad that I built a nice house with the cash transfers. Before receiving the cash transfers, I foresaw trouble and thought I would not make it to date because I had no food in the house."

"My life is much different in that I feel complete after I was able to construct a permanent house. I am much relaxed and happier compared to the past when I was staying under a dilapidated thatched house. Life in the past was very miserable."

"Currently, I do not have a house and I'm planning to construct one very soon. I am now old enough and need some privacy. I at times feel uncomfortable sharing the same room with my siblings. I also hate the awkward moments that occur because we share the same house with my parents. Therefore, in the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money to construct the house."

"Currently, I only rely on farming as the main source of income. It's normally challenging when the crops don't do well. I, therefore, have an additional goal to use the remaining transfers to start up a small business so that I can have an additional source of income. The business will be like my back up plan on seasons that I get a poor harvest. I thank Give Directly for giving me the means to start this business. I would still be depending on the unpredictable outcomes of farming"

"Currently my life has changed in that this money has helped me to cater for most of my financial needs like expanding my house, timely and constantly feed my family, pay fees for my child among others. This has given my life a meaning and happiness as compared to before where I had to squeeze in with children in my small house, feeding was uncertain, and fees for my children was never completely paid."