"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy oxen and an ox-plough that will support in cultivation. This will increase food production in our home hence feeding the family better."

"In the next six months I expect to have improved my business of large scale and getting more profit for my family up keep. "

"In the next six months l expect to have bought more furniture anfpd not borrowing from the relatives when l have visitors. "

"In the next six months I expect to have started saving for my project of building a new pit latrine."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have set aside savings to support my children's education. This way I am certain they will have no interference with their studies. I also anticipate to have started farming and the harvest season will be around the corner by then. With the proceeds earned from the sale of farm produce, I can sustain household expenses and develop other projects like poultry keeping."

"As a single parent it would have been a struggle to build a house in my own as well as pay school fees for my children and also to buy a cow for milk production. After I received the transfers, I managed to do all that which I had been planning for without success. Now am living as a happy parent that I now have a lactating cow which I milk for my children to have mixed tea. Again I have a good shelter which I built as a result of the transfers. "

"Before we would travel for long distances to fetch water for use especially during dry Season when a nearby stream dry up. This would mean that we would waste a lot of time to and from main river. After we got the transfers and spend part of it on buying water pipes and connect it to our doorstep. We safe a lot the energy and time which we would have spend collecting water from the river."

" At the time when we received our transfers we had food shortage. We bought seven sacks of maize which took us for some months. Were it not for Give Directly it would have been a real struggle for us to have food. "

"Greatest difference in my life is the house which we managed to completed with the transfers which we received. Now we have a good house made of concrete. I got easy time to clean the house and a much comfortable and secure house."

"Like any other ambitious parents, children's success is always my dream. At this age, education is the best gift for the children hence I always prioritize it. I am casual laborer as well as subsistence farmer and my income is always unpredictable and keeps on changing thus meeting needs with timelines has been a challenge. My children used to spend much time at home since I could not settle their fee on time. The greatest changes in my daily life ever since I received my transfer from GiveDirectly is seeing my children in shool pursue their dreams.I am glad that the transfer has given me efforts to support my children future this through education. "