"I spent my second transfer to buy three cows and three goats and remaining amount I used to pay college fees for the daughter of my late brother . I have children who still need nutrition support and I believe that we shall have milk from my cows for the family and the surplus for sell. Education is the only inheritance that a parent can give to his children, for futures economic stability and global job market, I decided to invest in it by paying fees to my late brother's daughter."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well in virtually, everything because it offers their financial support in an extremely fair way. Everyone in the society has benefited significantly from the transfers; many youths who had dropped out of school due to huge fee arrears have managed to resume their studies because parents have afforded to clear the fees; many villagers have built better houses, while others who had no cows have bought some. Hence, I find nothing that GD does not do well."

"Since I received money from GD my life has changed because I can manage to get all my meals daily which in the past was unheard of. I also have a big house which is comfortable as compared to the one I was formerly living in. I also have a dairy cow which provides me with milk for consumption and for sale."

"I used the second transfer to buy dairy cows and bulls to add to what I had bought during the first transfers, hoping this livestock rearing project will expand and be more productive in the future thus giving me sustainable income to provide the best education for my children as I will use to pay their school fee. I used the rest of the transfers to buy a sack of maize and clothes for my family."

"The biggest difference my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is the savings I am making monthly through merry go round I joined. It has always been my big dream to own a cow but it has not been possible for me since I am a casual laborer and the daily earnings I get I spend on my household daily expenditure. I currently spend a lot on buying milk for my family consumption and this so stressing. I have had a dream of buying a cow to assist me in milk production for both consumption and sale. Even though I haven't seen my dream come true, I have hopes that the merry go round group I joined will soon enable me be buy one when my turn come. I have a plan of buying one with the lump sum amount I will get from the merry go round. I am so happy to have joined it."

"My life has been good since I received the transfers from Give Directly. I am happy because I have been able to buy two bulls for ploughing. This will help me to save time as well as reduce farming expenses and increase my farm yield. I used to hire cows for ploughing my farm, which was expensive. I prepared my farm late because I had to wait for others to till their land. I also build a pit latrine in my homestead and I therefore, no longer releave my self in the bush while responding to the call of nature."

"My greatest ambition is to educate my six children up to tertiary level. This is because education is the key to success and I want them to have a bright future, unlike myself who never went to school. Quality education will enable them to acquire good jobs thus lifting the family out of poverty. Therefore, I will use my first transfer to purchase goats which I will rear and sell them in future to finance their education. This is because, goats are drought resistant and they multiply within a short period. I will use the second transfer to purchase two dairy cows. This will mean a constant milk supply in my village and the nearest trading centres such as Bamba and Guruguru. Selling milk will enable me to have a stable source of income and I will be able to feed and cloth my children. I will also save extra money to build a permanent house in future."

"Before GiveDirectly gave me money, I did not have even a single cow and I was also very poor to hire anyone to help me work in my farms. However, since I received the transfers from GiveDirectly, I have bought three cows. In addition, I can afford to hire some laborers to work for me in the farm and I pay them comfortably. I thank God for GiveDirectly's financial support."

"When i receive this money, I will build a simple ironsheet roofed house and buy a few cows to help in agriculture."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I bought a cow for my family. I always desired to own one. This means lack of milk will be something of the past. I was also able to finally complete building a house."