"The difference is that I now get a daily income which we never used to see before. My husband used to do house construction jobs which are always available on an on and off basis, which makes life quite unpredictable. However, today things are different because my husband uses the motorbike to ferry passengers at a fee which then we use to take care of our financial needs."

"I expect that my poultry business will have picked up so well and I will be earning revenue from it. With the revenue earned, I will be able to support myself as I join college."

"I will have built the new kitchen by then so I think when I look back by that time, I will be able to say that at least I have a new kitchen structure which maybe I could not have managed to build were it not for the cash transfers from Give Directly."

"Previously, having three meals in a day was a luxury to me. This is because my harvest was meager and it could not last us up to the next harvesting season as a result of inadequate money to buy the required farm inputs. In addition, I did till my neighbor's farm for pay which could barely sustain most of my basic needs. Therefore, with all these struggles I was weak and thin which portrayed the levels of hunger and frustrations I was facing. Today, I'm happy and so proud of myself because currently I'm healthy and doing well because through the GiveDirectly transfers I am able to meet a lot of the needs that I lacked which includes; constructing a decent house, clearing school fee arrears for my children and most important acquisition of daily meals with ease."

"I expect to make changes in my life because I want to expand my business so that I can be able to get more profits and make my life better than it is today."

"I expect to buy a domestic animal such as either a goat or a sheep which I will include into my already existing flock of domestic animals. The advantage of having these animals is that in the event that one runs into a financial crisis, then it becomes easy for me to offset the need by selling out the animals in exchange for cash."

"My father was blessed with a large piece of land. After subdividing it amongst seven sons, every one of us got at least five acres. This piece of land for our family is big enough for our household to do several farm operations. We have been farming on the three acres and the remaining have been under livestock farming. In the next six months, I have a plan to purchase at least two heifers which I will then raise to be big enough then sell in aid of school fees. Investment on livestock is an easy one and I am hopeful that by the time I will be selling I will be able to register a good profit margin."

"I expect to save and buy building materials like iron sheets and timber that I plan to use in building a new kitchen. I prepare my meals under a tree as I do not have a kitchen. When it rains it becomes hectic preparing our family meals so I look forward to owning a beautiful kitchen at the end of the six months."

"This transfer have greatly changed my life in that, I have more land for agriculture. This has been possible through the loan that I paid off and made me repossess the acre of land I given as collateral and the two acres of land I have received as collateral for the money I loaned out. Previously, I didn't have enough land for agriculture and this affected the size of food I could have in my family."

"The transfers have made my life different in that feeding has improved a lot because food is readily available at home, and we dress better than before. Before, I had to labour in someone's garden to get money which would enable my family to have a meal, otherwise, we go hungry that day unless someone sympathized to give food. "