"My new goal is to buy a house. It is cheaper to buy houses in our area. I have started planning for the future because I know that I will not be a professional footballer forever. Once I buy them, I will be renting out to get my monthly income that will be used for our daily needs."

"I do not have a stable source of income and I mostly earn very little. With the overwhelming daily household needs, my earnings have been too little to cater for and remain with some to buy household items. I majorly spent the little I get on foodstuffs. Currently, I own decent chairs that I did not have before since what I could afford were old weak wooden stools. Secondly, I had a complication in my last semester of pregnancy because I was struggling with anemia which was a danger to me and my unborn baby. This was another hard moment in my life that required a lot from me. Thanks to GiveDirectly's the support enabled me to get the required medical attention and delivered safely. Today, I am proud seeing my daughter grown and I am also in good health which I think it ought not to be the case if it were not for GiveDirectly."

"I have been making chapati and Maandazi for sale ever seen I was a teen. This is the business that helped me raise my 9 children with the help of their father. However, when I reached old age I stopped due to lack of capital because I couldn't engage in other duties to supplement it. I currently depend on subsistence farming but it is unreliable because unpredictable rainfall patterns. I therefore plan to revive my business because I have enough expertise in it. This will reduce the dependence on my children who also survive on casual jobs. I will also use part of the transfer to enroll my granddaughter in secondary school. She completed primary education since last year but I have not been able to see her through the next stage. Besides, I will purchase goats for rearing that I will sell to generate funds during financial emergencies especially her education. "

"The biggest hardship faced is maintaining the grass thatched house and ploughing gardens on time during rainy season. I am always forced to rely on other people's oxen which causes delay in planting food crops since they plan for their gardens first before considering mine."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is inadequate income. The income that I earn is through farming which is not reliable. My spouse rides motor cycle transport business and te motor cycle is not ours. He has to pay money to the owner on weekly basis which leaves the household with no alternate source of income."

"The biggest harsshi that I face in ny life is I do not have oxen that will support in early ploughing and planting of crops. We are peasant farmers and not having oxen has affected as so much that even meeting household needs is a challenge."

"The biggest hardship hardship face is inadequate farm land g crop cultivation. I am born out of wedlock and I own only an acre of farm land which is not enough to support my household. I survive basically on farming in order to meet most of my household needs like education, clothing, bedding, to mention. This is not enebaled because of inadequate land for crop cultivation."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house for my safety. I will also buy a cow that will reproduce and support me in taking care of my children's education needs in future. I will also be able to have milk which I believe will make my family healthier and stronger. "

"Owning a saloon business will be what this money will mean to me. This will make me self reliant and very constructive in the community. I will be able to generate daily income that will support me and boost my self esteem. Currently, I help in some body's saloon in exchange for a wage which is not sustainable. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrive the piece of land that was leased. This will enable my household to have enough land that we can cultivate and get food to feed on. "