"When i get this money I want to buy a heifer. Usually my mother gives us milk for our household use but since I am now independent I need to provide for my family. My area is prone to draught, so i need an ordinary cow who can survive with this weather conditions. A good heifer cost around 300-350 dollars. I also need to buy a water tank. We get water from the river far from my household. This water is not even safe for drinking. A water tank of 2300 litres will go a long way. This will cost me around 1700 dollars. The rest of the money we use to for household needs."

"Lack of employment opportunities in this area has been the biggest struggle we face. I am the sole breadwinner of my family and the casual jobs I engage in earn me $20 weekly. This amount is only enough to buy food for my family. My firstborn child will start schooling next year and this worries me since I doubt if I can either afford to buy her school uniform and books or pay her school fees."

"Financial constraint is the biggest hardship in my life. I get about $ 60 per month from my farming activities yet I spend about $ 1000 in school fees alone. I have to look up to my husband to fill the deficit. His small business also earns him approximately $120 per month which is shared between the two families as this is a polygamous family."

"Receiving this money means that I will buy a dairy cow to add the one I keep. I have only one cow that gives me just two litres per day. Selling this gives me about 0.6 USD per day. It is less than a dolar and not enough for food, let alone to pay school fees for my children in school.When I get this money, I will buy a better breed of a dairy cow that will produce about 5 litres a day. The $150 that I will get per day will enable me to buy sufficient foodstuffs and pay school fees for my children. I will also buy some goats, as an investment to save part of the money so that I can later sale them to get more money."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well giving us a lump sum amount of money. Money has changed people's lives especially those who had utilized it very well. I did not see anything that GiveDirectly has not done well."

"Receiving this money means that we shall afford to purchase a dairy cow that will provide us with milk mainly for consumption. Since milk is one of our staple and volatile food items, we have been spending almost 0.3 USD daily on buying them. This is relatively costly to us because I am currently earning a small amount since I am not yet employed permanently. Also, we shall build a kitchen because currently we have a three-roomed house where one of the rooms serves as the kitchen. Since we use firewood as fuel, our house is usually filled with smoke and soot."

"We have been struggling in vain to improve our house to a semi-permanent one due to lack of funds. Currently, we are living in an indecent house that is relatively expensive to maintain. Precisely, our dust is a common nuisance in our mud-walled house. Also, maintenance of the house is costly because I have to smear regularly. So, receiving this money means we shall afford to improve our house into a semi-permanent one. As such, we shall avoid the tiresome maintenance tasks while staying in a cleaner and more decent house. Besides, we shall spend any remaining amount on starting up a business that will get us some income."

"Receiving this money means I will build a new kitchen and do some renovation in my other living room, I will also pay for school of my daughter who had to step down from school due tos lack of school fees. I am a widower and since my husband died who was a bread winner in the family, we have lived a miserable life of doing casual jobs in order for us to get something to eat, my age cannot allow me to do heavy jobs in my small farm. I plan to spend 400 dollars to pay for school fees, 450 dollars to build a kitchen and renovate the house and use the remaining balance for purchasing a dairy cow that will help me supplement the school fees in selling milk."

"We started building our home where my husband recently bought since we used to stay at his matrimonial home, it's a new home and we haven't finished and it's my disire that we finish it earlier so that we can start investing in dairy farming which we have always admired to do. My husband is a casual laborer who depends in selling goats in the market we end using all what he gets for food and pay school fees for my children. I plan to spend 500 dollars to complete my house and spend the rest to start a dairy farming."

"I am aged, sickly and not able to fully practice subsistence farming. I am only left with one cow since I sold others to educate my children. My son completed grade 12 in the year 2018 and has not been able to continue with his education because of lack of funds. This has been my biggest hardship.As a parent , I feel irresponsible for he has not pursued hid dream course."