"I plan to buy cement and cement the walls and floor of my house to finish it. I also hope to buy 2 oxen for ploughing my pieces of land."

"I plan to pay school fees for my children, and buy and fix iron windows."

"I plan to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on building a kitchen, and buying a calf and small livestock if there will be a balance."

"We (recipient and spouse) are planning to spend the upcoming lump sum on building a new house and also investing in dry cereals business."

"I used to sleep on a mat which was hard and uncomfortable and since I started getting transfers from GD, I have managed to buy a more comfortable mattress for my myself and the rest of my family member. I used to sit on a stone, but currently I sit on a sofa set."

"My proudest achievement was switching from a leaky grass thatched house to a corrugated iron roofed house.I am happy because my roof doesn't leak anymore."

"My biggest hardship is how to raise my children's school fees because I am jobless and I only depend on farming as my main source of income."

"My biggest hardship is lack of money to buy the items that I need most."

"We (recipient and spouse) are planning to spend the upcoming lump sum on extending and upgrading our house, and buying livestock with the balance."

"Give Directly gives more money/ transfers than any other Ngos in this community. Again it gives money that is unconditional, which is contrary to other Ngos in this community."