"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have bought sheep. when this happens, I will feel good because they will increase in number hence having more livestock."

"My expectation in the next few months is to be able to be financially stable and independent. I want to improve my business by buying more tea and leasing more land so that I plant more crops. I want to be an example to my peers in terms of development."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of stable source of income. Currently, I am hired as a barber and the amount I receive per day can not cater for my family's basic needs. Sometimes, I have to do other casual jobs in the town to get extra cash. This makes me feel more tired when the day ends."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is being unable to conduct my daily activities for six months. This was because I suffered from a septic wound and since my husband had no money to take me to hospital, the condition worsened and this rendered me inactive."

"I expect in the next six months;my wife and I to have saved enough money to be able to pay her dowry which I believe it will be more of a relief as it will bring unity and togetherness between the two families."

"Before GiveDirectly came to work in our area and enrolled us in the program, I was living a hardship life because I had spent all my savings in meeting my mother's medication bills hence I could not buy any household item. When I received the transfers, I spent it on buying new sofa sets, new cloths, new school uniforms for my children and food stuffs. Currently, my life is significantly improved and positively transformed. Thanks to GiveDirectly for the financial support."

"My life is different in that am no longer worried, I have been able to resolve all the issues that were stressing me. There is now peace in my family because am able to provide basic needs to my family, my wife no longer complains."

"My life is different than it would have been because I am very happy to build an iron sheet roofed house and I acquired household items which I never imagined to have in my life."

"My life is different than it would have been because I am happy to have built an iron sheet roofed house, acquired household items I never imagined to have in a life time."

"My in life is different than it would have been because I am happy to be sleeping in an iron sheet roofed house, and I have a peace of mind unlike before. "