"I felt very happy the moment I received my money because it was going to help me buy cows that I would pay as dowary."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a piece of land so that my household can freely cultivate and get food to feed on. The only plot that is available for use now is too small to support my need for cultivation."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. My wife is very sickly and this never gives us the opportunity to save any money because paying medical bills is just a recurrent activity."

"Many things have happened in my life since I started receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly which have really changed my life. The biggest difference so far is the joy of good sofa set seats which is a result of these transfers. I am now not worried when I have guests since I got comfortable seats where they can seat. Before I have worked hard to build a good house but there were no seats at all. I would borrow from neighbours I got some visitors. Now the shame is gone for good as I have my own. Again, I bought two heifers with the intention of rearing them. I believe with time they would have reproduced and I will have more cattle which I can sell to have money for supporting my children education."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to pay children's fees."

"Farming is a major source of income in my region and with the current unpredictable weather conditions and plant diseases, crop farming is no longer worth investing in. Due to this, one needs to major in dairy farming as it requires little labor and is not costly. With the transfer, I purchased a dairy cow and this is an added asset to my family. My milk production will increase when it calves hence increase in my daily income. I will, in turn, be using this money to cater for my children's education on time."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of a stable source of income which has made my family lack most of the basic needs such as education; food among others."

"Receiving this money means I can pay the back the loans I collected and buy oxen for ploughing my farm land."

"The biggest hardship I face on my life is inadequate income. I do not have a reliable source of income which makes my household vulnerable. I can not even hire oxen in order to plough and for crop cultivation and besides, I do not own enough land which forces my household to hire. All these requires money which I have to get through casual labour."

"Receiving this money means owning oxen to enable ploughing. This will improve on food security at my household."