"In the next six months, I plan to buy cement and sand which I will use to plaster my house so as to make it strong and durable. I would want to avoid the cost of building a new house since I have other urgent family needs to handle. I am also tired of smearing every month."

"My expectation in the near future is to buy a dairy cow for rearing. Once the cow is mature enough to reproduce, I will be able to sell the milk as an extra source of income and food for my family. This will also ensure that I have an improved financial status and I will be able to save and pay for my children's school fees in the near future. I want our lifestyle as a family to improve."

"My expectation in the six months is to be able to run a successful and productive poultry farm. This will ensure that I have good returns that will allow me look after my family well. I will also want to buy a sheep for rearing since sheep have a high reproductive rate. These will multiply and help with fee payment for my children in the future."

"I expect my life an that of my family in the next six months or so to improve in terms of the lifestyle that we live. I want to be abit more financially stable so as to take good care of my family. I also want to be having an extra source of income that will help me meet the goal of financial stability. We want to live a quality life generally."

"In the next six months l expect to have bought some cattle waiting to sell them and buy cow in future. "

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now staying in a nice iron roofed house as compared to before when l was staying in a thatched leaky house where l was being rained on."

"In the next six months l expect to have saved enough to buy building materials and extend my house."

"I am no longer the the desperate person, who was mistaken to be insane as I lived in an old tattered house that could fall on me anytime. Nowadays, I live in a modern spacious house with plastered floor which I built with GiveDirectly transfers, a standard of living that was meant for the rich in my community. I walk in new clean clothes and not rags as before when children would ran away from me thinking that I was not a real human being. I have ploughed my farms where I intend to plant maize, beans and sorghum. This will be of food security and also source of income as I hope to sell surplus and use the money to pay fees for Vocational training in motor vehicle mechanics. I cleared school fees balance and had my certificate that has been detained for four years since I did my final exams at secondary school released. I feel so happy since I can present it to further my education in other training institutions. I can socialize with others freely without fear of gossip. GiveDirectly has written a new story in my life, a story of hope, peace of mind, self-worth and human dignity."

"I managed to take my daughter to a private school where there is quality education and she has really improved on her academic performance. I never had an opportunity to get better education and therefore would not like that my children go through the mistake again. Education is light and I feel ashamed that I lack any skills to compete for the job opportunities that has made life very challenging to me. I bought a water pump that I intend to use for horticultural farming. I have a piece of land that borders a permanent river that I would like to irrigate during dry season when there is scarcity of vegetables, onions and tomatoes. There are two schools and a local market neaby that I am targeting as potential consumers. As a young, vibrant and self driven man, this will be my self-employment and also other villagers that I shall contract for casual labor. I bought a solar lighting system, this has saved me a lot from the daily budget of paraffin which at times was never enough. My children can nowardays have their studies and do homework without any worries of lamps going off like before when I used tin lamps. "

"My life will definitely change. As per my plans, I hope to get good harvest from my farm. I intend to start poultry project to sustain my life. I am old and poultry project will supply me with eggs and chicken, both for sale and for nutrition purposes. The project does not require a lot of movements and therefore will be suitable for an old man like me."