"I am expecting to save some more and pay for my tailoring course. By then I will be in college training. This will help me gain skills that will help me generate income to pay school fees for my child, buy food for consumption and also buy clothes for us to put on our backs."

"I expect to renovate my house in the next six months because I am tired of being rained on together with my small children. I am really working hard so that I can buy materials on time and start the work as early as possible because we are approaching rainy seasons."

"My life has taken a different sharp in that, I have acquired a mattress which makes me sleep comfortably compared to before when I slept on a hard mat. Secondly, I hope to start building my permanent house next month. I chose to use part of my cash transfer to build a permanent house because currently I'm occupying a a thatched house which leaks when it rains."

"My life is much different in that I established a good social standard for my life. I achieved this by paying off all my creditors. I had accumulated a lot of debts due to my spouse's terminal illness. I lost all my property trying to treat her. However, the cash transfers saved my face at the time when I was frustrated and depressed. I am now a debt free man in the society."

"Currently, I am staying in a small one-roomed house with my family, thus I am planning to build a better house in the near future that can comfortably accommodate my family members. It will bring some privacy in my life, I now have mature daughters and they need to have their room to make it easy to for them in terms of changing clothes, etc."

"I'm planning to start rearing poultry. Poultry reproduces fast hence I'm hopeful that I'll start benefiting from them in a short period of time. In the next six months, I expect to be benefitting from the poultry and hopefully, I'll have raised enough money to purchase most of the household items like seats, bedding, utensils which I do not have currently."

"With the GiveDirectly cash transfers I purchased livestock that I intend to take to avail to my spouse's family as dowry. Previously, I had no financial support to enable me find a life partner. I feel so blessed that I will officially be recognized in the community as a married man."

"The cash transfers enabled the payment of school fees. This relieved me from the stress of borrowing money for school fees and medical care. Secondly, the cash transfers changed my social status. I was able to acquire household property such as livestock and new clothes for the children. All these could not have been possible if GiveDirectly had not sent the cash transfers."

"I'm currently running a food business along the streets. I'm grateful I'm able to earn some income from it which has been sustaining my family. Street vending has some challenges and unexpected rain is one of them. I do get inconvenienced by the rains at times which forces me to close early. This scares my customers and they feel I'm not predictable. I'm afraid I might lose them. I'm, therefore, planning to save some money and construct a room where I'll be operating the business. This will not only provide comfort and make the customers build trust in me but it will enable me to offer a variety of food to my customers. In the next six months, I hope I'll have constructed a room for the business and hopeful I'll be earning an improved income from it thus expecting my living standards to improve."

"Ever since I received the cash transfers, my life has been vibrant. I feed well on a variety of foods. In addition to this, I acquired basic household items tsuch as a nice mattress and blankets that I did not possess. I am leading a life that I dreamed of. I am very happy that I have access to money for my medical care. Previously, I had no money to access medicines and better health care for my ulcers. I am grateful that I have money that will enable me access better medication at anytime."