"Currently, I have a few goats but from the experience I have with them, they reproduce twice a year. For the next six months, I hope I will have saved enough money for purchasing more goats so that in the future I can sell some of the young ones in order to raise money for purchasing a cow."

"Early on at the beginning of this project, I saved some of my transfers which I wanted to use to buy a heifer which was not possible because I would use some of my savings. To avoid sabotaging my own plans, I decided to buy goats which have now multiplied into six. My plan is to have them grow for a while longer so that I can later sell them off and raise the money required to buy the heifer. I hope that in six months time, I will have the heifer that has always been my greatest desire to own."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, I now have an iron roofed house in my compound which I could not build before. My children will soon move to a better house from a leaky hut. My home is looking beautiful with this house and I am not afraid of hosting visitors any more because there is good shelter."

"My expectation in the next six months is to have bought two extra cows for dowry payment. This dowry has been long overdue and hopefully, in the near future, I would have sorted this out. I am grateful for GiveDirectly for being with me through this process."

"I expect to buy building materials like iron sheets and build a kiosk that we can have a family business to help generate income. This will be the main source of income for the daily expenditure in the house amongst other businesses. I also wish to venture into livestock farming to help in income generation in times of financial constraints."

"I received the money early morning at 04:00am. I was woken up by my spouse who informed me that I had a message. I felt very happy and knelt down to praise God for blessing us through GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having got back my land that I had mortgaged. Since I am a family man, this land will help me in mixed and extensive farming which in the long run will curb famine out breaks in my family. Before getting this money, I used to hire farm land which was expensive as at times I had to give up the food crops in the hired land as payment for it."

"The money was sent while I was asleep. However, a community member called me early morning inquiring if I had seen the mobile money message. I was very happy and excited at that moment. This was a blessing to me being the sole bread winner in the family."

"My life has changed for the better, I no longer rely on casual labor for survival. I can afford to buy any thing I want to eat. I feel happy and I generally have peace of mind."

"Since I had never held such amount of money from my birth to then, receiving this money made me to feel so blessed and happy."