"The moment I recieved my money, I became very happy because I had got money to buy an ox and pay for land."

"My phone was off, so at around 6:00 pm my husband requested for my simcard to put on his phone because he had heard that some people had received money from GiveDirectly. He went ahead to cross check the mobile money account balance and he found that I had too received my money. At that moment I felt very happy and thanked God Alimight for the gift of cash since it came at a time when I needed it for treatment."

"I learnt that I had received my money at around 6:00 am. I was overwhelmed with joy because I had got money to buy cows."

"The moment I learnt that I had got my money, I became very happy because this money was going to change my life positively."

"The moment I recieved my money, I became very happy because I had got money to buy an ox for ploughing my farm land."

"I have two kids who are still schooling; one in secondary level and the other one in primary level. I intend to use part of my first transfer of $400 to clear the fee balance for the whole year of the one in secondary level since this is his final year. I will use the remainder of my first transfer together with my second transfer to construct a house that is spacious enough and has adequate rooms for my two sons to study in. I will also furnish it with household items and some part of it buy food and clothes for the three of us."

"I intend to use part of my first transfer of $200 to buy a dairy cattle so as to stop the regular buying of milk for my family usage. I will use the remaining amount from the first transfer to start a poultry farming. This way I will have created a sustained flow of income through the sale of poultry products. I will use my second transfer to add two additional rooms to my already existing house that is ain't spacious enough."

"I used to own a cereals business in the nearby market centre some years back to an extend of going around during market days and selling the cereal products to people. Due to my dependency on the proceeds from the business to sustain my ever growing needs especially school fees to my kids, food for my family and other expenses, the stock started to reduce. This is because my expenses exceeded my returns from the business and after some few months, I closed down the business and stayed at home while doing some casual jobs on people's farm so as to cater for my family. Life has been difficult since then and I hope and pray that one day I will restart my cereal business once more."

"The shortage of water in my community has in great depth affected food security. With scarce rainfall distribution throughout the year, pasture for our livestock, water for domestic use and cultivation of farms has been greatly jeopardized."

"When I completed college last year, I have been idling at home without a source of income thus making me over depend on my husband. For a long time, my desire has been to open up a shop dealing in stationery in a nearby shopping center. The lack of employment has robbed me a deserved peace of mind. My worry is that I often think that I wasted my time and parent's meager resources going to school and ended up jobless."