"Receiving this money means a lot to my family because I know we will fulfill our desire of building a semi-permanent house. Living in a grassed-roofed house that is leaking is so annoying, more so whenever you have visitors. Also, it acts as both kitchen and bedroom hence there no privacy for my grown-up children whenever they need to change their clothes. I will use this transfer to purchase building materials and the remaining I will buy a dairy cow. Having this house will give my children enough specious, their privacy and humble time when they are studying."

"Owning a modern irony roofed house like other villagers have been the greatest desire in my life. This is because my house is leaking, grass thutched, and requires maintenance every year which is costly. I am planning to spend $ 250 to purchase 16 iron sheets, poles and to pay labor charge to construct a one-roomed house. I will spend the remaining amount to purchase food and 12 goats at $30 each, This will be my future investment that will assist me whenever I face any financial needs."

"A decent house is the most important property that an individual opts to have but to me, this has been impossible for many years and I have always spent my nights in a structure that is not worthy of living. I have found it shameful to welcome a visitor and this means postponing all scheduled visits to my home. With the arrival of GiveDirectly to our village, I have great hopes of getting a better house since I will soon have the opportunity to construct a decent and spacious iron-roofed house for myself. For this, I plan to spend utmost $400 to have this ambition achieved, something that will bring a better change to my life. On the other hand, I also intend to upscale my farming and this means buying oxen and ox plough at an estimated cost of $380, this will assure me of early land preparation and eventually food security for my household. Therefore, this is generally what receiving this money means to me."

"The biggest hardship I have is the lack of a proper house for me to sleep in. The roof of my house leaks alot."

"Living in a leaking grass-roofed house is not good for the health of my growing children because they pronto various diseases due to cold weather. We have been renewing the roof yearly but due to prolonged drought in our area, grasses have not been doing well. Our pray has been one day we build a semi-permanent house and also spacious enough to accountable my family but due to lack of stable income we have not. In case we received these transfers our prayers will be fulfilled, we will purchase building materials, and the remaining amount we can purchase dairy cow."

"I have one son who is a teenager yet we still sleep under the same roof. According to our culture, grown up children are not supposed to sleep in the same house with their parents but circumstances have forced us to. Receiving this money will enable me to build a two-roomed house for him. I will buy 24 pieces of iron sheets at the cost of 500 shillings and 20 pieces of roofing frames at the cost of shillings 300 each and buy household furniture."

"My wish has been to repair my house. I am an elderly woman who depends on my stepsons for my survival. They do casual jobs in the village which earn them 200 shillings in a day. The amount is not enough to sustain a family of 8 members and me. I am planning to spend 60,000 shillings to repair the roofing. Currently, I am staying in a grass stitched house which leaks during rainy seasons. Other than that, I will purchase 1 indigenous dairy cow. The money I will be making from the sale of milk will sustain my needs such as food. Approximately,I can make 200 shillings."

"Receiving this money will enable me to buy two heifer cattle for $140 each. I plan to sell the heifers and buy a piece of land later after they multiply. I also intend to build a two-roomed iron-roofed house that will cost me $300. The current one-roomed house that I stay in with my family serves as a kitchen as well as a bedroom. This is a hazard especially for my one-month-old baby more so when smoke fills the house now that we use firewood to cook."

"The money will really help. My house is leaking. The money will help me to have a nice roof. I will also be able to buy food."

"It means it will help us improve our lifes, we just started living together as couple and there are many things that we have planned to do.one is to complete constructing our house, we have started but we are not done with it the walls and the roof."