"Having my own dairy cows and goats has made my life to be so different in various ways. First I will be getting milk for free which will be for my family consumption, this will make them be healthier unlike before whereby they were malnutrition because they could not get enough proteins. Apart from that the remaining liters I will be supplying to my neighbors and the local markets and I believe this will improve my living standard. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, In used to buy milk from my neighbors which were costly and sometimes I could not afford it. With the goats, I will start a business of selling the offsprings once they mature and through that I will no longer struggle like before in paying school fees for my children. If it were not for GD coming to my life I would not have achieved all this."

"Before the transfers, I did not have any kind of livestock in my compound neither did I own any. I would have loved to have some but I could not. I just used to admire my neighbours' livestock. This is why I decided to buy at least two goats to start with as I work on getting more livestock. When these reproduce, I will have a number and use them to exchange for a cow and I will have fulfilled my dream. Without the transfers, I would not have managed to have my own livestock by now."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is difficulty in cultivating crops. I don't have oxen to plough my farm land and this has always delayed me to plant hence leading to poor harvest."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is poverty. It has made it difficult for me to provide for my family needs especially tuition and food."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to meet the family basic needs such as beddings; food and among others."

"My life is very different from how it would have been if it were not to GD's support because I have seen my shop expand as far as stock is concerned. Before the shop alone could not sustain the household expenses but as per now, it goes to the extent of paying my children's school fees and affording luxury lifestyle."

"The fact that I will be owning a tuk-tuk I feel it will bring the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because my spouse has been employed for a couple of years from neighbors and whatever he was earning was too little. We used to strain in meeting the family's basic needs including schooling and their daily meals. We used to borrow foodstuffs from friends like every day and it was very embarrassing. I am now so hopeful that in the next few months, we will settle everything down. This is because whatever my spouse will be earning from the tuk-tuk business will all be ours. I also hope I will no longer strain in paying school fees for my children and also providing their daily meals. I am so grateful to be among the beneficiaries."

"Subsistence farming has been my source of income for decades. However, at my age I cannot produce enough anymore because of its cumbersome nature. Besides, the land is not so productive and there is no enough rainfall to sustain the crops. My desire is have an alternative income generating activity to cater for my needs. Since I cannot engage in heavy duties, I will purchase goats for rearing. These are animals are easy to manage and they reproduce very fast."

"Our financial status is so unstable that it cannot sustain us fully. My husband studies and works part time as a casual labourer. This means he does not have enough money to provide for us. At some point I tried a snacks business to supplement our income but it failed due to lack of enough capital. Therefore, I have left the entire burden on him and it is quite a hustle for us to get the basic needs especially food."

"After receiving the transfers, I have achieved to restock my livestock keeping business. I had spent all the money and sold cattle that I had on hospital bills for my wife. I was glad to be able to own livestock again! Cows are important to me when it comes to paying school fees and feeding my family. I could easily raise school fees by selling some of the animals and also from selling milk. The money from GiveDirectly put me back to the position where I can handle my household responsibilities."