"Receiving this money means I will purchase and dditional acre of farm land that will support my household for crop production as food and sale. I will then spend the balance for acquiring oxen which will support my household in ploughing dark land for easy planting of crops. This will lead to early planting because the oxen are on standby. Before, I wilod delay to plough land due to lack of income for hiring oxen to plough on such farm land."

"The bigesst hardship I face currently is lack of enough food. The main reason is because I depend on rented land which is also not productivea atall. The little I get from crop farming can not sustain my family needs. My household members have no choice of food but eat what is available hence it's affecting thier health growth."

"The biggest hardship I face currently is poverty. Iam so poor and unable to sustain some needs like provision of proper beddings and feeding in my family. This is affecting my health a lot since Iam positvely living with the HiV/Aids virus."

"Receiving this money means that I will able to acquire more cultivation land, and livestock to be kept as an asset for future money demands when sold. At present, I only have one piece of garden to cultivate, with no livestock as a household asset."

"My biggest hardship is sickness. I am faced with sickness of the spine and there is no money for treatment. This has affected my garden work."

" My plan is to build the iron-roofed house I failed to complete with Givedirectly transfers. I stay in a leaking grass thatched house, so whenever it rains the whole family members have to stand on some spots. We realise a lot of coldness which some times causes fever. My family members will have enough sleep once the iron-roofed house is complete. There may be no more constant fever within my house hold members."

"Receiving this money means that I will buy oxen and ox-plough. My family realises very little out from crop farming each season due to delays in cultivation. The harvest is never enough to meet my family depends hence there is food shortage. Once I purchase the oxen and ox-plough , it will facilitate earlier and timely planting thus this may lead to increase in crop production. They may be no more serious food shortage in my home and also our living standards will improve."

"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to build iron-roofed house for my family members. I started building a house that has stay for almost five years at wall level due to limited chances of getting money. My family members are suffering staying in a roaten grass thatched houses which leak a lot whenever it rains hence they sleep under coldness. Givedirectly transfers will enable me complete this house hence providing better acommodation for my family members. They will no longer continue suffering coldness once this house is complete."

"The biggest hardship faced in my life is not having oxen that enable ploughing gardens on time, and the difficulty of getting enough money to pay children's school fees."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron sheet roofed house and buy livestock that will act as asset to be sold when there's need for money, especially school fees for the children."