"The situation I was in before GiveDirectly entered my life was intolerable. I had been residing in a one-bedroom grass home for the longest time. It was difficult to make enough money to provide for our food. I now have a two-bedroom, half-mud, half-iron sheet home thanks to GiveDirectly. I was also able to buy a cow, whose milk will both earn me money and be useful for our household needs. GiveDirectly has significantly improved every element of our life in the long run."

"I will buy a cow of $200, livestocks ( pigs) of $60, I will cultivate a forest with $60, I will buy another land of $400 and renew my house with $60 and use the rest in feeding my family, buying clothes and other household furnitures"

"As a young couple, we wish to live in a clean place. We hope to renovate our house using $300. We are planning to do farming as usual but with much fertiliser in order to get enough harvest, we will start a small business of farming using $350. We hope to buy a cow and two goats in that amount of money. As a wife in the family, I will start another small business of selling traditional beverages from sorghum and I will start with $60. The remaining amount will be saved to help us in the future ."

"I operate a motorbike taxi business as a reliable source of livelihood for my family. This generates an income of $3 per day on average. With a family of five, this income is hardly enough, since I have two kids in a private school. I spent $100 to pay my kid's school fees since they had huge arrears. In addition, I bought two local dairy cows for $250, providing a dependable source of income and a steady supply of milk for the family's consumption. Finally, I bought enough food to sustain us for the next two months."

"Over-relying on charcoal making and casual jobs makes me raise minimal income that cannot sustain the family unless I get external financial support. Therefore, for the rest of this year, I have developed a goal of keeping domestic fowl. I will be able to get free eggs from the flock, and I will be able to sell some when they're mature to supplement my income. In addition, I plan to purchase goats and possibly a cow. They are valuable live assets that go a long way in enhancing my living standard. In fact, with a herd of goats, I will not be worried about raising school fees for the children in the primary level of study."

"In the coming year and beyond, I hope to purchase one dairy cow like others in the village. This will ensure a consistent supply of milk for my family. Similarly, I will sell the extra liters of milk to earn an income. I will use the income to pay for school fees for my four children. At the moment, we are purchasing a liter of milk every day for $0.5 from our neighbors."

"Currently, I run a small business selling various food items. Although it does not perform very well, I am always able to realize a daily profit of $2 from it. To realize an increased income, I have developed a goal of expanding my business this year. With the continuous monthly transfers, I will re-invest some money to boost it in anticipation of realizing an increased profit. Second, I want to raise livestock, specifically goats and cows. They can be useful, especially during an emergency, because I can sell some to raise cash."

"The first installment we plan to buy beds , matress, clothes and food for our children and we also plan to renovate our house starting from the roof because it rains inside and we will clean on the inside and buy some materials that we need like furnitures and cooking pots. In the second instalment, we plan to build a cowshed because our cow currently doesn't have any , and we plan to build a kitchen. We will be buying school uniforms for our children and paying for their school fees. And the balance we plan to buy livestocks, we want to buy a goat for $50 and rent a land. Receiving this money means having a development, we will no longer live in extreme poverty, and we will be able to have a good standard of living and live better."

"I want to buy two cows this year to raise them. They are very helpful because I will have more of them once they give birth, and we will have enough milk for the whole family to consume, so we will consume more frequently than we do now when we can not afford it. I joined a savings group where we all save $10 each month and each month we give a member shares worth $230, so I think I will be able to do this. I'll use them to buy the cows when it comes time for me to get my share."

"Since I've been a part of the program, my perspective has changed and my mind has expanded. I never thought I would own any livestock, but right now I think it might happen. I want to buy at least three goats to raise before the year is over. They give birth more quickly, and after another year, I will have more of them, which I plan to sell to raise money for a cow. With the cow, my family will have access to sufficient milk, which is beneficial for their health. We can also sell the extra milk, which will increase our household income."