"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a cow that will act as an investment for my household. When it multiplies, I can sell some in order to solve household problems like feeding and treatment. I will then be able to build a better grass thatched house with a cemented floor because the one I sleep in is dusty and leaky hence improving on my living conditions."

"The moment I got money, I felt happy because I had hopes of paying bride price in order to bring back my wife and acquire things I needed in my home."

"I believe in the next six months I would have completed constructing the shop and it will be fully operational. This means I will have a reliable source of income as I anticipate to earn good profit from this business. My strategy to reach this goal is to learn the needs and priorities of my customers. My target market is the people within my locality. The earnings which I will get will help me to support my family and pay school fees for my children and my sister too."

"In the next six months, I would like to buy an incubator and build a brooder. My main goal of acquiring this is to hutch chicks for commercial sale. People in our area prefer rearing chicken and having an incubator would enable me to hutch 350 chicks at once which would earn me good money within 21 days. This will further empower me financially and easily be able to meet my family needs and also support our church projects."

"I became so happy the moment I realized that GiveDirectly had sent us the promised money. This money gave me hope that I would soon achieve my aim of building a decent house for my family."

"I received a message alert on my phone at night as I was still asleep. When I read and realized that GiveDirectly had sent me the money, I became so happy. I knew that I would clear this year's school fees for my children on time."

"I spent my transfer on paying my house rent. I had not been paid at my place of work and the payment was due. I would not want to keep my landlord waiting until we had disagreements on the same. I also used part of my transfer to boost my food stock in the house. I find it easy to buy food in bulk once a month. It's cost-effective and less expensive than buying on a daily basis. The rest of the transfer I have saved for future use."

"I spent my transfer as fare to attend the burial of my late stepmother who passed on a month ago. I also used part of the transfer to pay for examination fees for my two children who are in primary school. They were approaching the end of year examinations and without paying the money, they would have missed doing their end of year examinations. I decided to pay before they were sent home. The rest of the transfer I gave my grandmother as a gift and used the little remaining to buy food for my family."

"The moment I received my money, I was overwhelmed by joy because I had got money for buying a motorbike and from then I knew that poverty is coming to an end."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I depend on small scale farming for my daily needs. The amount of money that I get from the sales of my farm produce is so small and I had no savings to buy a dairy cow. I used to buy milk and it was so costly for me. When I had no money I would go without breakfast and this was demoralizing. Currently, I have bought a dairy cow. I no longer buy milk. My family has enough milk and I sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to meet other additional needs for my family. I am so much grateful because my life has changed to be better compared to when I had not received the money. I have devoted much of my time to my farm and this has given me hope of getting a good harvest next season and my family members will not go without food any longer. Thanks to GiveDirectly for the good work done."