"In the coming year, my goal is to launch a farming venture and dedicate my efforts to it. I am fortunate that my uncle has agreed to lend me an acre of land situated near the river, making irrigation feasible as our region doesn't receive consistent rainfall. I am deeply grateful for this chance and am determined to make the most of it. I intend to cultivate maize and beans on this land, both for personal consumption and for commercial purposes. I am confident that this agricultural project will not only sustain my family but also provide a foundation for offering the best for my children's future, freeing me from the many worries of fending for them."

"My current goal is to complete high school in the next two years. I'm currently in form two, and I dream of becoming an engineer after am done with school and higher education. I hope that my form four grades will be good enough to get me into university. If that doesn't happen, I'm still determined to join a training college to pursue my dream and help lift my family out of the financial difficulties we currently face."

"Right now, my primary focus is on building a new house. Our current one is in such poor condition, with its grass thatch roof deteriorating over time, causing leaks and dampness when it rains. My dream is to build a new house with mud walls and a tin roof. I'm happy that the previous cash transfers have already enabled me to acquire ten pieces of iron sheets. With this progress, I'm confident that I'll be able to complete the new house within a year. Once the house is built, my next goal is to start raising livestock, especially goats. Livestock farming will provide me with security for the future, even after the cash transfers come to an end."

"Housing is the challenge I am currently facing in life. I am in a polygamous setup of marriage where we are two in that marriage and we live in a one room house . The two of us have 14 children and we live with them in the same house. There is no privacy and the space is small . This really affects me psychological."

"I had not gotten any form of tertiary education. I had hoped to make some money from casual jobs to be able to achieve this but this was not possible. I thank God for Givedirectly because I was able to join school in January after starting to receive my transfers in September. I need $100 for school fees per term and I make this payments through my transfers. I hope to finish school next year December through making fee contributions from my transfers."

"I have a goal of growing my herd of animals. I have some goats and chicken. The number has increased as the chicken will lay eggs and hatch while goats will give birth to kids. When you buy one animal, it can multiply and you have more than what you put in. I believe this will come in handy in educating my children. I plan to sell them whenever I have school emergencies of food emergencies."

"I am now a member of a savings group. We make savings to the group, all ten of us and then the money is given to us monthly in a merry go round. we save $10 monthly each which is not a small amount. My goal is to build a livable house. Our house is leaking as most of the thatched roof has worn off. I would like to build a modern with an iron roof and this will be achieved using my savings which will buy the iron sheet which is the most expensive component for construction of a house."

"I would want to build my own house. I live in my brother's house and he would want to marry soon. Without a house this would live me homeless. I want to use my transfers, the savings I am making and the iron sheets I have bought to achieve this. I am also saving money from my salary of $60 from the work I do at a local water station to see if the project can be completed by next year."

"As I said as a subsistent farmer I do not make any financial gain from my trade, I depend on my husband. His work is also so seasonal and this means that not all times that he has cash. So my hope was to become a goat farmer because animals reproduce very fast and that means I might be able to get kid goats to sell. This will come in handy at the times when my husband is stick and we have an urgent need such as our children's school fees which one being in secondary school and the other almost finishing primary to join Junior high."

"I'm a mother of seven children, and life has always been a struggle. I used to gather firewood and sell it just to put food on the table and provide for my family. We lived in a cramped, one-room mud-walled house, and my children had to seek shelter from friends and relatives, which always left me worried. But then, I received the cash transfers from GiveDirectly, and I decided to use that money to change our lives. First, I used $266 to buy 28 pieces of iron sheets, and I hired a contractor who took $97 to build us a three-room mud-walled house. Now, my children have their own space, and it brings me so much peace to see them right here with me. With the remaining money, I paid $40 in school fees for my primary school children, ensuring they had the opportunity for a brighter future. I also invested in our family's future by buying two goats for $70. Finally, I used the rest of the cash to buy essential household items that we've long needed. Thanks to GiveDirectly for transforming our lives."