"Receiving this money means that I will buy cement, iron sheets, bricks and sand to complete my permanent house. Part of the money if there is a balance, will be used to buy household items like; beddings and cooking utensils. Currently we have a shortage of household items because the number of family members has grown and for example, the current saucepans cannot cook enough food at once."

"Receiving this money means acquiring an acre of farm land in order to enhance good production. I will be able tobpriduce enough crops for household consumption s well as sale in order to raise school fees for my children. Currently, I hire land but it is not very sustainable because of the high cost of hiring. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I don't have enough land that I can cultivate and at the same time, there is no money for me to buy. I can not cultivate as much as I would want because there is no space. I hire land each time I want to cultivate but this is very expensive and inconviniencing. It is for this reason that I have sometimes run short of food in my household. "

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money. Iam from a polygamous family and our numbers are overwhelming to sustain econacally and socially. My sliblings have ended up dropping out of school due to lack of money. This is affecting their futures."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of proper accommodation. The house I sleep in is grass thatched and leaks when it rains. I cover it with a polythene bag but when I am not at home, all my bedding becomes wet."

"It is every parents dream to leave behind an inheritance for their children. While my husband was still working, he managed to purchase a half acre of land and we have always wished to set up some residential rooms in since the plot is directly opposite to a secondary school and we are assured of tenants. However, this has not been possible due to lack of finances. Now that we will be receiving this money, we will buy all the necessary building materials and set our project in motion."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought materials ready to cement the floor of my house. I do casual jobs in the village and the small amount of money I get was hardly enough to meet all the basic needs. We have been living in a house with a dusty floor and this was exposing us to respiratory diseases and most of the time we could get cough and other related problems. I have bought all the required materials from the hardware just waiting for the second transfer to enable me to start the process of cementing. My family will no longer be exposed to dust like before and it will reduce the cost of visiting the doctor every other time. I am so much grateful for the support because it has changed our living standards and it has given us hope for a better tomorrow."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy a dairy cow and two goats. These are very important assets in everyday life since they are always of great importance especially when faced with financial emergencies. The idea of buying a dairy cow was triggered by the fact that we had been buying milk from our neighbors for quite a long time and it had proven to be quite expensive. I entirely depend on casual jobs to raise money to feed my family which is sometimes hard to find or pays very little. This would mean that we would have tom skip some meals on days that I did not secure such jobs and it often left me dejected as the head of the family. Currently, I do not buy milk, my family has enough and I sell the surplus to meet other additional needs for my family. I have reduced the casual jobs and I have devoted most of my time on my own farm and this has led to a good harvest. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my standards of living."

"In the next six months, I would like to venture into livestock rearing to help in securing my family financially by buying a cow for rearing. With the livestock, I know my children will be able to go to school, eat well and also have clothes on their backs."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have plastered my house. I want to save part of my monthly transfers to buy building materials such as cement, sand and ballast which I plan to use in plastering my whole house."