"My tiny house, which was home to my wife and six children, collapsed last week. All of the members of my family were accommodated by my mother. I'm currently sleeping in an improvised goat skin and polythene shelter. My current financial situation is poor because I make a pitiful living selling building poles. Every penny I make goes toward feeding the family and covering the children' tuition. I've done my best to save, but every time I do, a financial emergency forces me to spend what I've saved. My top priority for this year is to use a significant amount of my transfers to construct a sizable, luxurious home for my family. The financial boost will be extremely beneficial."

"There are no enough words to thank Give Directly for allowing me to complete my house construction project and buy a bed and mattress through the transfer. Now my focus is on acquiring livestock, specifically goats for rearing. I have been looking after people’s livestock as a job for a while, and I feel it is perfect time that I owned mine. Come early next year, I envision to have raised at least ten goats. After that, I will start saving towards erecting a concrete pillar around the mud walls of my house to reinforce them."

"My main goal is to renovate my house. Currently, the iron sheets are very old and leak profusely during the rainy season. Apart from the renovation, I would like to start livestock farming as an investment. To achieve these two goals, I made an alternating plan for the transfers. This year, I will be spending $30 in all the even number months, specifically for the livestock and I save $20 in all the prime number months for the roof renovation. The house requires 12 pieces of iron sheets and I am pretty sure that by the end of the year, I will be having $120 which can facilitate that since an iron sheet goes for $9. And for the investment, I will also have a good number of goats since I buy a goat in every even number month. After this, the long-term plan is to convert the goats into cows. This is the dream investment I am planning for."

"The fact that I have been receiving have offered quite a huge help especially when it comes down to paying bills. The money has also enabled me to help my husband financially so that he is not always overwhelmed. For the future. I intend on using quite a substantial amount of the transfers to cater for tuition fees for my four children who are still in primary school while my husband looks after the other two in college. Givedirectly has also enabled mean to purchase two goats so far but I would also really love to own a cow, but since they're quite costly I will save up a portion of the money I get with every transfer and eventually when I have enough money I make the purchase."

"This year, I want to buy goats and chicks to raise. They are the best type of investment since they can endure the drought in our region, which is what encourages me to invest in them. My target for the year is to achieve a total of six . The money I will get from them, along with the money I make from my charcoal business, will make it very simple for me to support my family. Once I've accomplished this, I'll work on repairing my huose's roof so that we can have a good place to live. I am grateful for the help because it has given me the chance to better myself, and I am sure that by the end of the year, I will have accomplished my objectives."

"I am the only breadwinner for my family because I am a widow. Although I burn charcoal for sales, the $6 I make each week is insufficient to meet the needs of the four of us. It was difficult for us to raise money for our everyday requirements until GiveDirectly came to the rescue. I was able to pay the $40 to clear the outstanding school fees for my children.  I'm delighted they were able to take their final exams for the year. $24 I used to buy food for us to consume, especially the dry foodstuffs that would last us for a while. In addition, I spent $30 on a goat for breeding. They are fantastic investments, and I plan to sell some of the young ones once they have given birth to help pay for my kids' school expenses."

"After seeing the consistency of GiveDirectly in sending me some money, I became certain that the program will for sure take me through the promised five years. Having this security, I developed a goal that I would like to accomplish before the year elapses. My desire has been investing in livestock farming specifically goats because they withstand the harsh climatic condition of our area. Not only withstanding drought but also they are cheap to purchase and maintain as well as easily convertible to monetary value due to their ready markets."

"I am a mother of four primary school-going children. As per their age, they are in classes five, three, two, and nursery respectively. Since my husband and I both do casual labor of burning charcoal, it has been a struggle to pay school fees for our children as well as put some meals on the table. After seeing the consistency of how the money is sent to me from GiveDirectly, I came up with a plan that will aid me in catering for my children without straining much as I used to do. I have planned to save at least $20 every month to buy some goats as an investment. Through this plan, I will be having more than 10 goats when the year comes to an end because mature goats give birth twice a year only if all the conditions remain constant. I opted to do this because it will serve as security for my children's education. If the time for joining secondary school reaches I will have the liberty of selling some of the goats to facilitate my children."

"I recently realized I do not have enough assets to cussion me against hard times. I therefore felt I should do something to that effect. As a villager, the best way is to keep some domestic animals that can be sold very quickly when need be. I'm thinking of starting with goats because they're a little more hardy than cattle. This goes well in semi arid areas like this one where there's always very little pasture with just shrubs for animals that can browse. I want to buy ten each at $35 for a start, then use the rest of the money to buy basic family supplies."

"I spent $150 to pay school fees for my children and used another $100 to buy food for my family. I saved the remaining amount of $250 where I am planning to buy goats for keeping and start a new business that will help me sustain the needs of my family. I am a mother of seven children and I normally rely on quarying to earn income that helps me sustain the needs of my family. My husband does small scale farming which provides him with very little to help meet the needs of the family. It is for this reason that we invested the money that we had in livestock and some saved with an aim of starting my own business. These investments shall make our lives much easier than it is right nowmaining amount of 10000 to buy food for family. I plan to buy goats and chicken and also start a small business. I am a mother of seven children and I normally rely on quarying to make"