"Having been making some savings continuously both from the farming outcome and also from the monthly transfers I have been receiving, I expect to have saved enough in the next six months to purchase a heifer. We have been buying milk for a long time which have been straining our budget and it has been our prayer that we start keeping our own cow so that we can produce milk for our domestic purposes."

"My wife has been complaining that I have taken too long to pay her dowry which is a traditional requirement in our community. This has been stressing me out as a husband and I need to fulfil this rite as soon as possible so that I can fully focus on other development plans. I have already started saving towards this ceremony and I hope that I will have gathered all the requirements and completed everything in six months time through the help of these transfers."

"In the next six months, I will not have worries about what to eat or where to sleep because GD has sorted me out. I will be looking forward to keeping poultry to earn extra income for other extra household expenses and as leisure."

"My life is different from how it was in that, I was able to achieve some of the goals that seemed impossible. I now sit in decent seats. I also have a cow. I feel good because I am now at per with some of the village members. Among the greatest achievements I have accomplished, owning a cow is my biggest achievement"

"I mainly depended on small scale farming as a source of income. The income would fluctuate which made it difficult to save or take care of my family's pressing needs. My daily life has been different since I received GiveDirectly's transfers because I have been able to buy a piece of land. I will no longer hire land each season which had stressed me before due to lack of money. I expect a reduction in costs of production thus I will have better output. On the other hand , owning this land will enable me to carry out extensive crop farming hence provision of my family needs especially food won't be a challenge anymore."

"The biggest difference in my daily life ever since Give Directly came to my village is the fact that I am now more ambitious. I now own a pair of an ox that I acquired from the financial support. I know they will be of great help because they will take little time in ploughing my farms compared to when I used to do the exercise. I believe I will also get increased harvest since my land will be prepared on time and in a very short period of time. Apart from that, I will also hire them to my neighbours at a fee and get money in return which will help me to easily sustain my family needs with ease, unlike before."

"In the next six months I expect to have completed the construction of my new house since currently I have availed all the required materials. Since my other goal was to get married in the next four months, I also have great expectations that among the changes I will have made in the next six months is starting a new life with my wife in our new home."

"Currently I have many chickens in our household which I am rearing in a free range approach. I have been thinking of buying a barbed wire which will enable me to construct them a descent coop confining them inside to avoid destruction of the farm produce. My expectation is that in the next six months, I will have completed the construction of the chicken coop and adding more birds will no longer be a problem"

"Before GiveDirectly came, we were staying at my parent's in-law house. As a result, they could dictate us on how they expected us to live in their house which was very demoralizing to me. I had the challenge of raising money to meet this dream of owning a home because my income catered mainly for my family's needs and overrode the savings factor. I am glad through GiveDirectly's transfers I now own a decent house that my family can put their heads in. Therefore, my savings which I intended to use in building this house, I have spent on furthering my studies. I have enrolled in a teaching course at the university. I am hopeful for am increment in my salary after completing this course."

"I had a lot of expectations in terms of developments before I received the second transfers, but after I lost both the first and the second transfers which I had planned to use to construct my own house, I have no hopes at all. I will now try to things at my own pace and pray that things eventually turn out well."