"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have connected a solar in my house. This will enhance our security as my compound will be well lit at night. My family will also be feeding well as I will be using part of my transfers to employ some workers to help me with the farm work."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started buying building materials. I believe that I will have bought sand soil, gravel and bricks. I will be using my monthly transfers to achieve this. I have already started saving my monthly income and I believe by the time six months elapse I will have accumulated a good amount of money. I am very committed to building this house because I have suffered for a long time living in my current house. I thank Give Directly for coming through and giving me hope of living a good life"

"I finally managed to build a house through the money I got from Give Directly. This wouldn't possible to build any time soon since I couldn't afford to raise money for constructing a house. Apart from that, I am happy that I was able to pay school fees for my child who is secondary school. My child had been sent home for school fees because I did not have a reliable source of income to enable me to pay his school fees. He had stayed home for two weeks and I was afraid he would perform poorly because he had missed several lessons. I thank God I finally managed to clear his fee balance and he can now study without being interrupted."

"The greatest difference in my life ever since Give Directly came into my life is that I now have livestock which I didn't have previously. They are the biggest assets I have acquired ever since I was born. I didn't have hopes of acquiring them any time soon but thanks to Give Directly for giving me the means to buy them. I want to take good care of them and ensure they reproduce and fill my cowshed."

"I expect to buy more building materials like cement and sand that I plan to use to plaster my kitchen which I built recently. I look forward to having a very beautiful and spacious kitchen that will be the envy of the entire village."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved some money. We have planned with my son to buy a piece of land. I will use my savings to support this plan as well."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have built an iron sheet roofed kitchen for my family. I am planning to achieve this by buying the building materials in bits every month using my transfers. I wish to build an Iron roofed kitchen because of the dangers that come with cooking in a grass thatched kitchen. Grass thatched houses are usually cheap but very risky as it can catch fire easily. I feel lucky because I can now afford to build it through the help I get from GiveDirectly. In addition to this, I am optimistic that I will have cleared paying school fees for my children thus they will not be sent back home from school."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough to enable me to start rearing goats. This will be an investment and when they reproduce I will sell them to buy another dairy cow."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be having enough sleep. This is because my commitments will have reduced hence I will not be overworking myself as I will have cleared paying school fees for my son who is in his final year in secondary school education. I am planning to stop doing casual work which majorly includes picking tea in other peoples farms so that I can concentrate on my own farm."

"That moment I received my money, I felt so happy because all my future plans arranged are coming to reality."