"I lost 13 cows due to drought in 2015. These animals were of great help to my family. Among them was a pair of oxen that we used to scale up farming as well as hire at a fee. We never suffered food insecurity because we could till 5 acres of land. However, after their death we reduced to 2 acres. We could also sell milk to generate money that supplemented our income. This has stirred up my ambition to own these animals once again. I will therefore use this transfer to purchase 2 bulls and a dairy cow. Besides, I will clear pending school fees for my child."

"Maintaining a mud-walled house is very costly on the other hand tedious and time-consuming. Then , I always wished to have the walls and floor cemented but since I could not afford to buy the materials I had no option but to persevere this dream because the income I made I had to prioritize on my family's basic needs. I am happy my dream finally come true because many neighbor who believed that I will not manage to plaster my house were astonished . Now I am staying in a nice plastered house I do not fear sitting down on the floor because it is very neat and clean. Back then it was very muddy when it rained as water sipped in the walls in to the floor this was very uncomfortable for me."

"Receiving this money means I can build an iron sheet roofed house because this will relieve me from the burden of looking for roofing grass every year since it has become so scarce."

"It was around 5 am I was deep asleep. Bt the phone rang continuously and I had to wake up to check who the caller was. Upon checking, I realized it was from GiveDirectly. They had debited my first transfer as they had promised. I was overwhelmed with joy. I knew all my troubles would come to an end with this money."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to complete the construction of my house so that my property can be safe. Rats have created holes in the house and they really damage food including beddings. The chance of receiving this money will give me an opportunity to make my walls and floor concrete so that my house is safe."

"Life has never been easy to us ever since our husband died 13 years ago. This has forced us to depend on our son who is doing casual work within the village. His income has never been consistent and this has forced my co wife to burn charcoal in order to supplement the little income from our son. In most cases, we have skipped meals something that has affected us health wise."

"I have been living in this type of house ever since I was married in this homestead. Some years back, I had great hopes of transiting to an iron roofed house but the one whom I depended on passed away and this killed my long desired dream. When I had about the coming of GiveDirectly to our village, my wishes got renewed after knowing that, I have high chances of receiving the grant gift to elevate me from poverty. My plan is to spend utmost $200 to construct a small iron roofed house in order to have a better structure like others in our home. My other plan is to spend $600 to buy an oxen and 2 dairy cows so that I may have a long investment strategy. This will change my life for the better, a transformation that I have ever wished."

"The biggest hardship that I face is inadequate land for crop cultivation. I do not own any acre of farm land and all I do I keep on borrowing in order to cultivate some crops. Farming I my only source of livelihood and short of that means starving die to absence of food and inadequate income."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrive the piece of land that I leased out so that I can cultivate and get food to feed on. I will also buy a cow that can reproduce and support me in the future. With this, I will be able to have milk and some other products that I can sell off to raise money in the case that some eventualities arise."

"Receiving this money means that, I can construct an iron roofed house and rent land for agriculture. Currently, I have only two acres of land to cultivate crops which isn't enough. In addition, I want to move out of the thatched to an iron roofed house because rats have always destroyed my roof hence making it leak during rainy seaons."