"When I receive this money, I build an ironsheets 2 bedroom house. The current house we are living in is grass thatched and grass is very scarce following the dry spell. The current house is also very small to accommodate the whole family. I will also rent some agricultural land because we are currently practicing agriculture on small scale. This will ensure our food security and also bring income because we shall sale some food crops."

"The biggest hardship I am facing is bring up my child as a single mother. The man who made me pregnant abandoned me with the pregnancy and has never even supported us. I am not working but just struggling with the child. These thoughts hardly leave my mind."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build a house where my children will sleep. Currently they sleep in my co-wives house which does not make me feel good. I also intend to use part of it to educate my children so they may also get a better future through working."

"The biggest hardship that I face is inadequate funds for taking care of my child. I conceived while at home waiting for my senior four results which has made it difficult for me to enroll for a course. I can not feed my child well, dress him and pay his medical bills because, I survive on casual labour which is not sustainable."

"I don't have a new goal at the moment. I want to focus on ensuring that my house is complete in the next six months. I have been longing to accomplish this goal but due to lack of enough money to construct one has always forced me to stay in this delicate and life-threatening house. I am glad that the hope of finally having a decent house is will soon be achieved. I thank Give Directly for helping me achieve this goal."

"In the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money and most likely by then I'll have constructed a bigger and decent house. With the new house, I won't share the same room with my grown-up children thus I'll be guaranteed of my privacy."

"I was able to construct a kitchen using transfers I got from Give Directly. Even though I wasn't able to plaster it, I am happy I was able to build a bigger and more stable structure compared to what I had initially. I decided to smear it with clay. The clay isn't strong enough this means that the walls won't last for long. In the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money so that I can use to cement the walls and the floor. I am happy my long term goal of building a bigger house came to pass. I will be happier if I cement it because it would make it stronger and last longer."

"In the next six months of my life, I expect to have saved enough money to purchase most of the materials that I'll require to plaster my house such as cement, sand and enough money to pay the masons. I know through this, the house will be less dusty and I will have a strong and durable house."

"My life will have changed in several ways in the next six months. First, I expect that I will have bought another dairy cow after securing medical insurance. Hopefully, I will have built a larger poultry house and increase the number of chickens. This will ensure a continuous source of income through the sale of some of the Chicken eggs. Having medical insurance will make me the happiest parent since I know that my family can get medical attention whenever they get sick even when I do not have money."

"I was woken up by a message notification and on checking the content of the message, it was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received the transfer that they had promised us. I was filled with happiness at that instant and I am always thankful to GiveDirectly for the financial assistance."