"Our jobs haven't been able to sustain our livelihoods, fishing has been hard especially with the coming of the pandemic"

"I am so happy to be one of the people to be enrolled in the GD programme. We are a young couple that struggles to make ends meet. My husband goes out to the lake to look for fishing piece works. With the coming of this programme I will build a house buy beddings and also buy food."

"we used to spend much time fishing and doing piece works to find money for food but now we can afford food and we are spending much time at our field."

"I bought iron sheets 15 because i plan on building a bigger house so i these in advance. I also bought fertilizer 2 bags so that I might at least harvest something this year given the rains are good.I bought 4 bags of maize to help feed my family.i also batteries to help light up my lamps for fishing which is our family bussines."

"It was around 1.30pm while fishing when I heard a message alert on my phone. On checking it, I found out it was the GiveDirectly transfers I had been eagerly waiting for. I was very happy and immediately stopped fishing and went back home to relay the good news to my wife and she was equally excited. That day we didn't have household items but GD came to our rescue on a timely manner."

"The happiest part of the day is during morning hours because that's when I get to see my family since I spent much of my time to the lake fishing."

"I mainly worry about food as it is hard to find food when the fishing business that I depend on is out of season"

"Iam usually happiest and more productive in the afternoon as i feel sleepy and weak in the morning and at night because I spend most of the nights at the lake fishing."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the feeliing of free expression. This is because I was able to buy a boat that I will use as one of my fishing tools. This will be my source of income to sustain my family. Prior to buying my personal boat, I used to sail with other fishers and they made fun of me being just a dependant on them. With my own boat, I will be an employer yo some of them."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief and joy I feel for having got this unconditional transfer that has enabled me to buy an ox plough and a bull that I will be using to timely cultivate on my land. This will as well serve as my source of income when people in the community need to hire my ox plough for their own use. Prior to getting this money, I used to go fishing as a way to meet the demands of my family. Now that I have my ox plough, I have reduced the fishing work."