"The biggest hardship i have faced is the illness that affected by back. This has limited my input into agriculture and other income generating activities."

"The moment when I received my money from GiveDirectly I felt so happy because this was a blessing that I didn't expect."

"Receiving this money means to build a permanent iron-roofed house. My grassthatched house is in bad conditio and some times leaks, so putting up ironroofed house may be better option."

"My money I will use for building ironroofed house. This is because thatching grass is very difficult to get."

"Receiving this money means to build a permanent iron-roofed house. I have a house under construction, so this transfers will enable me complete it."

"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is poor accommodation method characterized by small grassthacth house which dose not accommodate large number of visitor or Family members."

"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is shortage of Education and ddressing code due to limited finance."

"Normally I do not move around with my phone and on that day I had left my phone in the house as I was busy with the housechores. When I settled down at 8.00 pm that's when I saw the message I felt so happy and I had to confirm with my spouse if it was true the money had been sent. This was the happiest moment of my life and I had to be calmed by my spouse."

"I felt very happy because I have never received such amount of money in my life and I knew this was going to be a breakthrough in my life."

"In the next six months I expect to have a bumper harvest since I will have employed the use of fertilizer and improved seeds."