"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house since grass is hard to find, buy a cow that can provide for me milk and also take care of future eventualities, buy a piece of land. "

"When I receive this money, I will buy a plot of land and build a commercial house for rent at the trading centre. This is because there are no good commercial houses around our area so this initiative will be a good income generating activity for our household."

"My biggest hardship is lack of a reliable source of income in order to sustain my household. I am a small scale farmer, producing crops for both household consumption and sale. However, farming is not reliable because I rely on rain fed farming which is not adequate for proper plant growth."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is taking care of the education needs of my children. I have many children who go to school but providing for them is a charllage. My husband is a soldier but his salary alone can not sustain the needs of the family. Some times I have had to sell off food in order to raise money that can support in proving scholastic needs. The effect of this usually is food shortage yet I can not run from it."

"The biggest hardship I face is my spouse is so sickly and he can not do any work to assist me in sustaining the family needs. Iam left with no noice but to manage the family affairs alone like farming, providing basic needs for now over 10 years. The status of family members is so miserable since I cannot afford what is necessary. My children have ended up dropping out of school because Iam un able to raise fees."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is illness. I was operated recently and this has limited my input in most work at home."

"My life is much different in that we are now sleeping under a permanent house. This is an achievement that would not have been possible because we did not have money. Prior to receiving the cash transfers, I was living in a small thatched house which was expensive to maintain annually."

"The cash transfers uplifted my family from poverty. For instance,we were able to restock our retail shop. This earns the family daily income. I am also glad that we were able to settle old loans that had accumulated over a long period of time."

"The cash transfers empowered me to hire a piece of farm land. I have been able to cultivate cassava and maize on this large piece of land. This will ensure enough food supply for my new family. More so, the cash transfers enabled me to start up a livestock sale business which is sustaining the family. I can only thank GiveDirectly for being humanitarian enough to support the poor."

"In the next six months of my life, I would wish that Give Directly add us more money so that I can use it to complete my house and invest some in business. I am very grateful for the much they have already given me although I wouldn't mind if they added me more money. I would be very happy because I will now focus on investing money on other income generating activities."