"I will be having a grocery outlet to sell my vegetable produce at the farm gate. I will be able to make more money from the farming initiative instead of selling the crops to traders at lower prices than if I sell them directly to consumers. This grocery business will give me a very interesting occupation and enable me to earn an income that will be good progress in my finances."

"Currently, I have to keep on moving with my goods from one market place to the next which is quite cumbersome considering the distance I have to travel every time plus the transport charges. What I want to do is to get a permanent place where I can be doing my business so that I do not have to be moving from place to place like I have been doing."

"I hope that I will have completed the payment on the solar lighting system in the next six months so that I can be able to buy other household items such as utensils before the project comes to an end."

"After starting a savings plan, I am foreseeing a future where I will be farming on leased land. I need to venture into both subsistence and commercial farming where I will be planting beans. I hope to see it running in the next six months."

"It was around 5 o'clock in the morning when I had gone outside to relieve myself when I realized that I had an unread message on my phone since I was using it as a torch. Upon reading its contents, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly indicating that I had finally received the money they had promised us. My heart was filled with happiness as I knew that the money would help me achieve my dream of building a spacious house for my family."

"My life is different because I used to live a low life. I feel like I am a different human being with life. I will now have a bigger and better house and my family will also feed better from the retail shop that has been well stocked."

"Last year,I became very sick.When I went to hospital,I was diagnosed with Tuberculosis(TB).I was then put on intense medication for six months.While undergoing medication,we also realized that my child had been infected too!My family depends on me to provide for all their needs and during that time,I could not work because I was very weak.My family had to go without basic needs especially food and it was a very difficult time.Thankfully,I am well now.This is the biggest hardship I have faced."

"I have always wished to practice poultry farming, a project that i know can earn me a great source of income upon selling the poultry products but i havent been able to do so due to lack of finances. This money will therefore help me initiate the project. I will be able to buy chicken and their feeds as well as building a poultry unit. I also have to fence around all my compound so that they won't get a gap that would lead them to destroying crops on peolple'farms"

"I am a single mother of thirteen children and bringing up this children is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life.Sometimes we lack basic needs like food and clothes.I have only one house with one room to accomodate the whole family.This hardship forced me to make local brew which is an illegal business in our country.We sometimes had conflict with authorities and sometimes forced to go into a hideout.I did this risky business for one year to a point that it affected my health due to the heat and smoke involved in the preparation of the local brew.I sought medication and the doctors advised me to stop the business.This is just one of several odd jobs that I have tried to make ends meet.I hope to use this money from Give Directly to do something positive and constructive to change my life and that of my family."

"Right now I depend on agri-business as a source of livelihood for my family and I have been having an intention of expanding and venturing myself in a different thing. Now, receiving this money means that I'll be able to start a business of buying young calves, graze them for an extended period of time and then sale them at higher price hence making profit. "