"Receiving this money means that we can improve our lives with regards to food security. We will finally be able to lease a piece of land and grow various crops like maize, beans and various vegetables for our own consumption and for sale. This will enable us have some extra cash to settle our debts which have accumulated over time due to lack of a sustainable source of Income."

"The biggest hardship I face is the lack of a stable job to provide me with a steady income . I am a casual worker and I get paid so little that I can not afford to invest in anything else apart from food. I live from hand to mouth which is not good. "

"Receiving this money means that we can finally buy building materials and construct an outside kitchen which will double up as our children's bedroom. The rest of the transfers shall be used to buy some cattle which we will rear for milk and meat for our own consumption while the surplus will be sold to generate some income to help with paying school fees for our children. Finally,we shall lease a piece of land where we shall plant some crops to ensure food security for our family."

"I have a new goal to start livestock keeping which would be ranging from poultry keeping to dairy farming."

"In the coming six months I expect to have accumulated enough money to purchase a cow since my turn to receive the contribution from the group members would have come."

"I expect to have completed the merry-go-round contribution and have my turn which would enable me purchase a heifer in the next six months."

"I do not have any new goal because I am still in school and my priority is to finish paying my school fees firs,t then I will think of another goal after finishing school."

"My life currently has changed in that I am nowadays in more than one self-help group and apart from that have some savings."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happy I will have my own house."

"My wife is in Secondary School and I have been struggling to raise School fees. I am now happy knowing that I will get the transfer from GiveDirectly and the burden of raising School fees will be reduced."