"Feeding is my biggest hardship. I only rely on farming for both cash and food crops and that makes it difficult for me to manage both. Some times, I take a lot of time in people's gardens and that leaves my household with little or no food to consume."

"Feeding is my biggest hardship because I can not cultivate in a large plot of land. I am old and it makes it very difficult for me to support my self fully."

"Receiving this money means that I will construct a permanent house which is iron roofed . Right now I'm sleeping in a grass thatched house which leaks whenever it rains and there is no money to buy more grass to put it right. Whatever money will remain, will be used to recover the piece of land that I had staked to someone because I had picked some money from him."

"Receiving this money means that I will plaster my house that I'm living in. The floor is not good and rats will start digging holes in the floor if it is not plastered. The balance of the money will be used to purchase a cow that will produce milk for home consumption."

"My daily life is different in that I am happy to have utensils and bedsheets that make me not afraid to host visitors. In addition, I am able to afford to build an iron sheet roofed house now."

"That moment I received my money, I was so happy to the extent of losing sleep."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness, having managed to be among those in the village to receive GiveDirectly transfers that has enabled me to renovate my house. "

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have finished paying school fees for my children. In addition to this, I will have started saving some money towards starting a business of buying and selling maize at our nearby shopping center."

"I was asleep when the money was sent. However, I was woken up by loud shouts of jubilation from the neighbours who were screaming that the cash transfers had been sent. I was full of joy when I confirmed the mobile money message."

"I received the cash transfer around 22:00hrs that day. I was extremely happy that I was one of the lucky recipients."