"The biggest challenge in my daily life is lack of a sustainable source of income which makes life very difficult especially during the dry season. I waste a lot of time in the centre other than doing some productive work due to lack of diversification."

"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. My family depends on mainly cultivation of crops for food not commercial purposes. I have therefore failled to provide basic neccessities like Education, better housing and health to my children . This is endangering their lives since they are at a risk of not having desent affordable futures."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to take care of my children's education needs and build a better house for my children. This same money will enable me to buy household items for example beddings."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is being sickly. I spend much money on treatment and it is the reason my business failed."

"Receiving this money means I am going to repair my house. I am sleeping in a house that is not plustered, doors are weak. The balance of the money I will buy atleast two cows that will provide me with some milk."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is when I was poisoned. Alot of money was spent to try cure me. It is what led me to give my neighbour the two acres of land."

"My life has changed in that I own a plot of land. I have been staying in my friend's house together with my three children and life hasn't been easy. But very soon I'll move into my own house built on the plot of land I bought with the GiveDirectly transfer."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will not be depending too much on my brother on everything. This is because I believe that I will clear my school fees for this semester in the next month. This will enable my brother to save some money which he would have used in paying for my school fees."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy farm land. It's now over 10 years I have been borrowing where to cultivate from my parents in-law. This has affected my family livelihood because of low bargain on where to cultivate. My family has always lacked sufficient food stuff to sustain our needs."

"My life is improving in that, I'm constructing a permanent house. Currently, I stay in a thatched house which is leaking but for so long I had wished to build for myself an iron roofed house. I was unable because I didn't have money to buy construction materials."