"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is unreliable source of income to support my family. I am elderly hence unable to offer casual labor in sugarcane plantations, which is the only source of income in this community. "

"Receiving this money means that I shall nolonger live without anything that I can lay my hands on in case of emergency. I will get medication and buy goats that whenever I have any financial issues, I shall be able to sell."

"Receiving this money means that I can finally open my own carpentry workshop as I often work for other carpenters who pay me very little money. I will thus use the transfers to build a shed, buy some wood to stock for use when I am making furniture and finally buy some more tools. This will mean that I will have a sustainable source of income."

"Receiving this money means I can finally starting rearing poultry for sale. I will use part of the money to buy timber, nails,iron roofing sheets and wire mesh which I will use to construct a chicken coop. I will also use the remaining cash to buy some chicks and their feeds and hopefully after a while I will be able to sell them at a profit."

"People are amazed and admiring my house because it's more decent. This is how different my life is had I not received the money from GiveDirectly."

"My life has fully changed since i have enough stock of food in my house that makes my family very happy."

"My daily life has purely changed since i can now milk at my own home and has cut down expenses ."

"No new goals"

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of a reliable source of income.Long before I married I started a small business of buying and selling maize.Due to the unreliable weather patterns and crop diseases,the business collapsed.I had to train myself on carpentry through apprenticeship.Though it seems to be a better source of income,it still does not satisfy the family's basic needs."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to offset a loan that I borrowed from a financial institution .This will give me an opportunity to take another loan to boost my businesses."