"My life is currently different in that I am now equal in my living standards to some people I thought I would never be at bar with. I have been able to build a new spacious house and a kitchen. I have also been able to buy a dairy cow that will assist me a long way in meeting the basic household needs. Going to the river to fetch water is now a thing of the past after I was able to buy a water tank."

"My life is different than it would have been in that I have more assets than I used to have before I received the money from GiveDirectly. I have been able to build a more spacious house and planted trees in a piece of land that I own. The newly built house has enabled us as a family to live a more dignified life and has made my family proud. I feel happy as a father having fulfilled one of the most fundamental responsibility as a parent; that of providing shelter as a basic need to my family. The trees that I have been able to plant are so important to me in meeting financial needs in the future. I am so happy for the help that GiveDirectly has offered to us."

"I want to save and buy building materials like cement and sand to use in plastering my house. I built a house a long time ago but could not plaster it as my income was so little it covered only a few needs in my household. I wish to add more and more livestock for rearing to help increase my levels of income for the family."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I would be saving the transfers to start the business. This is my goal for the next months which I am determined to achieve because it will change my financial life forever. I will not struggle anymore and help me meet my family needs well and in time."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have plastered my house. I want to ensure I save the transfers on a monthly basis to ensure I buy all the requirements needed to plaster the house."

"I expect my life to change in the six months in that I will have renovated my kitchen. This is where my grandchildren always sleep and they have a difficult time sleeping in it especially during the rainy season. I would want to end the struggle once and for all by renovating the kitchen roof. I want to give them my best."

"My house improvement will be completed in the next six months. I will also have built a toilet in my compound. I have already dug the pit and is now planning to construct it. This will be a proper structure that will even last longer in use. The face of my home in the next six months will be on that makes me proud of. This is what I look forward to very eagerly."

"I expect my life to have changed in the next six months become better because of a good source of income from milk production. I will be owning another dairy cow in addition to the one I have. I hopefull that I will be getting a higher income from the two milk producers and hence a better income."

"I expect my life to have changed because I will have bought a motorcycle to use in transporting my farm produce especially milk to a nearby processing plant. I will get money from the tomato and vegetable farms that I am planning to establish. The farming business is very lucrative and the market is really good. I expect it to do well and make me enough money to buy a motorcycle. I also hope to have started a milk business and join a college at the beginning of the next year."

"It was around 10:30 PM when I saw the message notification. When I checked its content, it was from GiveDirectly indicating that they had debited my first transfer into my account as they had promised. At that moment, my heart was filled with joy since I knew that I would be able to achieve a lot using the transfers."