"After milking the cows early in the morning I head for work.I am a carpenter.I work till 5am where I head back home. Being at home in the evening makes me feel happy.This is the time I reflect on how the day was as I relax with my family."

"Adding one more dairy cow to my herd is what receiving this money means to me. I also plan to initiate a cereals business for my wife so that she can be able to help me in terms of supporting the needs of our family, which means our living standards will greatly improve "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house to avoid the burden of always changing the roof. If there is any balance, I hope to buy a cow that will reproduce. This can support me at the time of marriage in future."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to marry my spouse. I have spent three years staying with my spouse and the in-laws are requesting for dowery in order to formalise our marriage traditional. This has never been possible and I do not command any respect from my in-laws. Givedirectly transfers will enable me buy cows to give my in- laws as dowery for traditional marriage. I will gain trust from my in-laws and wife. This will bring peace , love and progress in the family."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. I have a house which is grass thatched but maintaining it is expensive given the fact that grass is scarce these days. I also hope to buy a cow using this same money. Hopefully, this cow will reproduce and provide milk for the family. I feel this way, my household can be supported better. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a cow as well as keep some chicken.Having young children requires that one has a source of milk to substitute their diet.I have not been able to buy one because of lack of money and these transfers have provided me that opportunity to actualize it.I will also build a poultry house and then buy some chicken and through sale of eggs be able to provide the daily needs of my family"

"Buying has been my routine and it is always costly especially during the dry season. As a way of reducing my expenditure, I had always yearned to buy a dairy cow but this was not possible due to lack of money. I am now glad since I was able to achieve this using the savings I was given in our table banking group. I am now a happy person since I believe that I will stop buying milk very soon when it reproduces."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me. I do casual in the village and the amount of money I get from this is not enough to gather for all the basic needs of the family. Sometimes we could miss getting casual jobs and my family had to go without milk and breakfast and this was so demoralizing especially when we had visitors in our home. Currently, I have enough milk for my family and I sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to meet other basic needs and also save some amount to pay school fees for my children in primary school. I have devoted most of my time to work on my farm and this has resulted in a good harvest. I am so much grateful for the support from GiveDictely it has changed our living standard."

"I expect that my life to change in the future because I have a plan of buying a cow which will act some short term saving going into the unforesseable future. The advantage is that I stand a chance to gain back my cash by selling the cow in the event that I run out of finances."

"In the last four months, I have been able to accomplish my plan which I had in mind which is owning a cow. Through the transfers which I received from Give Directly, I get empowered to work much more to provide for my family. we use to buy milk and so it was good for us to buy our own cow. I had saved part of the money through a merry-go-round and this enabled me to buy a dairy cow. Since I bought it, I have been a really busy man. Every morning before I go to work at a nearby centre I got to feed the cow and doing so is fulfilling as in my culture when you got a cow you are considered a hardworking and responsible person."