"Unstable source of income is a great challenge for me. I own a small shop in the nearby trading center which do not generate enough income since i use the greater part of profit to pay rent for the shop thus i am usually left with barely enough to take home. This has always been my worry since i struggle a lot providing daily needs for my family"

"Receiving this money means i will be able to complete paying school fees for my two children in high school who are both home due to fee areas. I will also use part of my transfer to build rental houses in a small piece of land in town which i bought two years ago. The money i earn from renting out the houses will enable me to provide my children with their needs with ease."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to provide quality education for my daughter who just joined form one this year. I feel that she is my light at the end of the tunnel. When she finishes school and gets employment, she will be able to take care of me in my old age. Secondly, I plan to finish roofing my house because its open on side and rain pours directly into the house. Thirdly, I would like to buy goats because they are easier to rear compared to cows and finally, I will buy oxen and an ox plough to aid me in farming so I can get more produce."

"Inadequate finances has been my biggest struggle in life. My parents could not afford to take me to school and hence I had to drop out at class six. With no funds available, I could not pursue my passion in tailoring and ended up getting married at a young age. I now have 3 children with a husband who does casual jobs to feed and educate our children and the struggle continues. "

"I was anxiously waiting for the notification that morning after a neighbour had informed me the previous day that the promised time for receiving the money from GiveDirectly had finally come. I was constantly checking the incoming messages to see whether I would confirm one. I had lost hope but after some time, I received my first transfer. I was filled with happiness in my heart and it brought comfort again into my life."

"In the next six months, I want to ensure I have a semi-permanent house. This I will realize by saving part of my transfers to buy cement and sand to use in plastering my house. I have always had to smear every month and due to old age, I always hire others to smear for me. This has been costly and would want to plaster my house so that the money for hiring someone to smear, I can use on other family needs."

"I expect to buy a dairy cow for rearing because we do not have a cow of our own. This will be a source of food for us and I will be able to sell the extra as another source of income for our family. I also want to build a better house for our family because the one we are living in now is an old house. I expect our lifestyle to generally improve from how it is now."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months is that, I will have cemented my house. When this happen, I will be relieved from smear it and it will also change the face of my house since it will look more decent."

"I received the notification early in the morning as I was doing my daily chores and I had left my phone somewhere in my house. Later on, I decided to check on my message inbox and came across the notification from GiveDirectly that I had received my first transfer. I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness that couldn't be explained."

"In the next six months, I expect my current plans to be underway with my children education being the most prioritized for me. I expect to see my children going on well in various colleges they are in and this will be my happiness."