"The biggest hardship I face is lack of adequate food for my family members since I do not have a job. Many at times the situation forces us to go to bed hungry."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy iron sheets so that I can repair my leaking roof, part of it will be spent on food and a dairy cow. "

"Receiving this money is going to mark a new beginning in my life. My life is going to drastically change since I shall be able to invest it in livestock rearing. I shall also be relieved from the stress of raising school fee for my school going children."

"I have been desiring to buy another land in a productive area. The land in which we are in is not productive enough and now that I will receive money from GiveDirectly, my dream will soon be fulfilled."

"I would not have been able to build the chicken house which means that my dream of ever staring the project would still be very far from becoming a reality."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have my own bull and this will make my life so comfortable when the time comes for ploughing."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months. I plan to put up the poultry business and generate an income from sale of eggs and have a better economic level."

"My current life is different in that I sleep in a more comfortable house. I no longer get worried when it rains and I also do not have to walk with a machete from village to village looking for grass to cover the roof."

"The moment I received that money,I felt so happy. It has been long since I received that amount of money."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to fix the steel windows and doors to my house that had stalled for more than six months. I have made a step now."