"The biggest hardship I face is sickness. My children are sickly and whatever I get from farming is spent on their treatment. It's unfortunate because I can not even save any thing to help in sustaining my family's needs."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I would want to continue savings so that I get all the requirements needed for a college education in time."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is providing the basic education needs of my children. I depend majorly on agriculture for most of my needs but this is not a reliable venture because of the changes in climate. My husband is a salary earner but still the income of my household is small compaired to the need. Some times my children have had to stay back home because there is no money to pay school fees. "

"Receiving this money means regaining ownership of land that my father had mortgaged until payment of the money borrowed would would paid back. Currently, I own only an acre of farm land which I not enough to produce crops that will sustain the family. In case of any balance, I will then purchase oxen that will support in animal traction in order to produce food in a timely manner. I keep on hiring oxen for ploughing which comes let hence delayed crop planting."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be having money to pay for my school fees. In the past, I did not have money and my parents were not well off to cater for my school needs in time. With these savings, I know I won't be sent home again because of school fees arrears."

"A decent house, paying school fee and restarting my business of selling second hand clothes is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, I am a single parent after separating with my husband thirteen years ago. This has forced me to be the solely breadwinner for my children, a situation that makes my family to be a needy one. We are living in a disastrous house which is just braving the strong wind of this area, and I plan to construct a decent one whenever I get my first transfer from GiveDirectly. My other plan is to use my second disbursement on paying school fee for my daughter and also to reestablish my business of selling second hand clothes which failed due to inadequate capital. This will transform my life for the better, a change that I have longed for."

"A non leaking roof, buying livestock, supporting my child's education and vending vegetables is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, my life is very miserable considering that, our household is polygamous yet our husband is a casual labourer. His daily income is very little something that makes us to live in an open roofed house and in some cases we skip our meals. When I receive my first transfer, I plan to construct a one roomed iron roofed house for myself and also to support my child's education. For the second transfer, I plan to buy livestock especially goats, and an oxen that will help me upscale my farming. The remaining amount will help me to start vending vegetables that will provide my daily income. Hence, this will change my life for the better."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have done some horticulture farming. This project will enable me to earn an income by selling the produce at the market."

"I expect lifetime o change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough money from the sells of produce. I will be in a very good position to buy a dairy cow. I used to buy milk sometimes back and it is so costly."

"My life has taken a trajectory ever since I started receiving the cash from Give Directly. Right now I am able to provide for the family without straining like I used to do before. There were moments in the past when I used to borrow money from friends and relatives in order to keep my family going but ever since I started getting money from Give Directly, everything has changed. The business has been generating enough money that keeps us going smoothly."