"My expectation in the near future is to be financially stable and be able to facilitate quality education for my children. I have a plan of starting a business. I believe when this business catches up, it will help me reach my other goals. One of them is building a more comfortable house that would help ease the usual days hustles. I am glad that Give Directly came through and brought the dream closer."

"My life has is now better because I renovated my house. Previously, I slept in a dusty house with a lot of rats that made my life a nightmare. These rats destroyed my household items and even feasted on my feet at night. I totally had no where to run for help but thanks be to God for the GiveDirectly unconditional cash transfers."

"My life has changed in that I live a happy healthy life. Previsouly, I stressed myself a lot over how to provide for my family needs i.e school fees, food, medical etc since I didn't have any source of reliable income. From the time my spouse passed on, life was very difficult hence worrying defined my daily life which inturn deteriorated my health daily."

"My life is different in that, I no longer live a frustrated life. This is because I was able to settle my wife's medical bills and meet other family needs. In the past, I used to be stressed and frustruated over how to get money to settle the overwhelming family needs."

"These days, my life has greatly improved because I paid the bride price for my wife and renovated the house where I sleep. Previously, the house I slept in was very old and leaked whenever it rained. In addition, I didn't have the money to renovate it and also to buy livestock for paying my wife's bride price."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a piece of land. My family leaves and depends on small piece of land, as home -stead as well as farm land. Therefore since farming is my only reliable source of earning , and yet I get little food staff from culvation. It's really affecting my family survival."

"I have dearly stayed a lonely life for one year since my in-laws took their daughter because I did not marry her , so receiving this money means that I will be able to buy animals (cows) to give my in-laws as dowery. This will creat harmony between my family and the parents in law."

"Poverty is the biggest hardship that I am faced with. At some point in time, I used to ride a motorcycle for boda boda services which would earn me money for a living. However, this was withdrawn since it (motorcycle) was not mine. To this end, I have not been in position to do any business because I do not have where to start from. I do not have capital with which I can venture in any productive business. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for our basic needs like proper feeding, medical care and school fees."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the burden of taking care of my relatives. I earn little salary and I try to spend on their welfare."