"In the next six months, I expect to have bought two cows. I will use part of the transfers and money from the sale of some of my sheep in order to purchase them. The heifers will eventually calf and be a good source of income from milk production. I will be able to pay school fees easily and provide for the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Being a stay home mum, it has always been my wish to acquire a tailoring skill so that I can help my husband who is a motorcycle rider in meeting the household needs. Currently, we struggle a lot given that his parents still depend on him for food and other basic needs. Therefore, once I receive my transfers, I will enroll for the course at the nearby training college. Again I will ensure that I purchase a sewing machine to assist me in actualizing my dream. This way, I will earn an income that can enable me to support my husband in raising and educating our children. And that is what receiving this money means to me." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough food for the family. This is because there is no sufficient money to improve our agriculture like proper ploughing, fertilizers etc." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I now feel like a real man, I have stood up for my family. As usual, it's the role of the man to provide decent shelter to his family. This wasn't the case with me previously because what I have provided for my family was no more and I was not able to provide another one in time. Without GD money, I do not know what would have become of my family. I thank GD for taking away my shame." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My life is different than it would have been because we built an iron sheet roofed house and sleep without the inconvenience of a leaking grass thatched house, having acquired livestock, future money problems can be solved when these are sold. Before, we used to sleep under a leaky grass thatched house causing children to cry when it rains at night, and there was nothing to look after as an asset in the home like we now have cows." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well giving money directly that has enabled people in the village to build houses, acquire livestock, taxi motorcycles; and I don't see anything it hasn't done well. "

"Ideally, I have noted a number of positive changes that have happened to me and my family as a whole. The things that I wished for and had remained in dreams for a long time has started unfolding. The biggest of these is buying a motorcycle. Out of the savings I usually make from the job I do, GiveDirectly gave me encouragement by supplementing my meager income until now when I can boast of owning a motorcycle. With this, my daily income is assured and therefore I won't have worries about how I will provide for my family even long after transfers comes to an end."

"I have a plan of making some savings from the money that I receive from my parents as pocket money. I hope that this will not just be a plan in the next six months but a reality so that I can settle on a business to run on the side in order to ease my parents' burden of providing for my needs while am in school. I want to be able to take care of my personal needs while my parents concentrate on paying my fees." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"With the passing on of my co-wife few years ago, I was left with the responsibility of taking care of her 2 children and 3 of my own. With only two sources of income now, I and my husband's, we have had to struggle even more to meet our family's needs of food and education because the incomes are very little and unreliable. The situation is so bad such that I have been unable to take my son to secondary school after completing his primary education last year. He now operates a motorcycle taxi so that he can raise enough money to sponsor himself to college where he plans to acquire welding skills. "

"Poverty is the biggest hardship that I am faced with. At some point in time, I used to ride a motorcycle for boda boda services which would earn me money for a living. However, this was withdrawn since it (motorcycle) was not mine. To this end, I have not been in position to do any business because I do not have where to start from. I do not have capital with which I can venture in any productive business. "