"I am a hair-dresser, so I spent most of my third transfer starting my own up a salon. Previously I used to work in someone else's salon and I could only be paid on commission and sometimes if I do not work, I did not earn any commission. I now run my own salon and enjoy all the benefits and I have also managed to employ other hair-dressers in the salon too. I have a sister who is in secondary school and some money I spent paying part of her school fees."

"I felt so happy and my family was the happiest in my village, even my children joined me in jubilating for the cash transfer message."

"Initially, I lived in a mud house that was really exposing us to a lot of dusts and therefore when I received my third transfer, I cemented the walls and floor of the house. Since then, we no longer suffer from excessive dusts-I don't need to clean the house all the time to eradicate dust hence having more time to work on my farms."

"I spent my third transfer on growing rice that I am currently looking forward to harvest. I am hopeful that I will harvest soon."

"My third transfer has enabled me to expand my main house from 24 iron sheets to 46 iron sheets. When I lived in a tiny house, I was not able to accommodate visitors in my house since the rooms were not enough. This explained why my parents stayed for long before visiting us, which was not pleasing at all."

"Traditions require that my husband pay my dowry, which for my husband he had not paid due to his low income, so when I received my third transfer, I saw this as the opportunity for my dowry to be paid. We bought three cows that were used and some money for the function too were spent. Nowadays I feel like a complete African woman and the love between me and my husband has also been improved since then. I am not sure if this could have happened this early with the little income my husband has. The remaining I spent on buying two sheep for rearing."

"I spent my third transfer on ploughing and growing sugarcane in my two acre piece of land, and I am hopeful that I will benefit from it when I harvest. I also constructed a cattle shed. They used to sleep outside, and they were always prone to diseases. This is no longer the case as they are now well sheltered. The remaining amount I spent on buying sheep to add to my livestock."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my earthen floor. I was tired of smearing with mud since I fell sick and became too weak to do heavy labor. I am glad I am now able to mop my house like the other women in my village."

"I spent my third transfer buying an ox plough and bulls for ploughing. I used to hire people to plough for me but that is not the case nowadays. The remaining I spent on buying bedding."

"After finishing my high school education I had enrolled in a tailoring course as this was my passion and due to lack of money I couldn't finance my tailoring business as a way of making income and also pursuing my talent hence I spent my third transfer on buying sewing machine to start my tailoring business and also started a second hand cloth business to double my household income . I also cemented my house into a semi- permanent one and paid school fees for my child who is in high school as well.I am thankful to GiveDirectly for assisting me pursue my goal."