"It has always been my greatest desire to have a stable source of income that can comfortably meet the needs of my family. Receiving this money, therefore, means my dream of running a kiosk business is finally coming to reality. With the limited options of opportunity in our region, my husband and I were forced into charcoal burning business, a venture that is strenuous and hazardous to one's health. Having it up and running will enable me to educate my children with much ease unlike at the moment where I struggle a lot to keep them in school. In addition, I will use part of my transfer to purchase oxen and an ox-plough, something that will see us till more hectares of land. Being food secured is a source of happiness and peaceful nights to any family."

"At the moment, I have two goals now that I have started receiving the money. First is to start a business of buying and selling second-hand clothes. Second-hand clothes business is the most preferred because the goods are not perishable and have a ready market as long as you target the right customer. I plan to achieve this by using my savings from my transfers. I believe my daily sales will be good if I also employ good marketing skills. I will then start saving so that I will later use to open a studio. opening a studio business is my second goal and opening it will help me to diversify my sources of income by not relying on only one source. Owning these businesses will help me meet my needs on time and also have some money to use in supporting my parents."

"The biggest hardship I face currently is I donot have asource of daily income for maintaining my family. "

"Receiving this money means that I shall be able to use it for building ironroofed house."

"I have been farming for a long time and it has never been so productive. I spend a lot of money buying hybrid seeds and fertilizer to boost the farm produce but I usually get disappointed. When I received this last transfer, I used it on buying maize for consumption and business purpose. I sell the maize to get money to pay school fees for my children who are in high. I also get food for family consumption. I can say that I have a small business I can depend on for generation of income for family upkeep."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own several assets. Initially, I owned none of them, and I had no hopes of getting any anytime soon. Through the transfer from GiveDirectly, I managed to purchase two calves and four goats which will reproduce and increase in number. This will definitely change my life because I have something to hold on to in case anything happens."

"I expect to save some cash every single month for the coming months with the main aim of doing so being to get to start a green house project where I will be planting tomatoes and selling them just within the locality. My goal is to become self-reliant in the near future so that even if we get to such a time when the transfers will have been stopped, I should be able to carry on with my life as usual."

"My greatest goal as a parent is to see my children reach the highest level of education there is. This is because I never got the chance to attend school and I have the struggle to reach where I am today hence I would not want my children to go through the same struggle like I did. I will do everything within my reach and out of my reach to see them through their education."

"I am planning to become a prominent business person. Currently, I am saving every extra penny that I make as I look forward to a new business idea that I can invest in and get returns."

"My life is different from how it was before. I now can afford new clothes and put food on my table. This was not the case. I used to sleep on an empty stomach on some days and my clothes were know by many reason being I used to repeat clothes."