"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a water tank. Therefore, I will no longer make several trips walking for a long distance to the water source to collect water."

"My expectation in the next six months is to ensure that I have built a kitchen. I know that when this dream actualizes, I will not be incurring an extra cost of buying charcoal whenever it rains. Currently, I don't have a proper structure, I cook in the open air which is usually impossible when it rains."

"Starting a shop business within the village, buying livestock especially goats and repairing my house is what receiving this money means to me. As at today, my usual job is to extract hard core stones for building, a work that is labour intensive yet it's income cannot fully support my family needs. When I receive my transfers from GiveDirectly, I will be able to achieve my life goals. I plan to use my first disbursement on starting a shop business in order to have a reliable source of income. The second transfer will support me in buying livestock, repairing my house and also supporting my children's education. This will change my livelihood and hence living a better life."

"I intend to buy a small piece of land using the money since i still live in my father's land because i never got married. The remaining part of my transfer will enable me build a three roomed iron roofed house since the small hut my children and i currently live in is too old and leaks during rainy seasons. I also plan to buy a dairy cow that will be my source of income from selling milk since the current casual jobs i engage in drains my energy and affects me healthwise."

"Receiving this money means a food secure home for me and my family. I plan to buy new tools for my husband's mining business because the current ones are old and weak thus really slowing down his work. This will help us get more income that can be used to purchase food and other essential things. I also plan on buying indigenous dairy cows whose milk I can sell to my neighbors and thus make extra income to meet our family needs. "

"It was around 2 o'clock in the morning when I received a message notification. I decided not to read it due to the fear of the unknown and after some time of restlessness, I decided to wake up my daughter so that she would help me read the message. When she informed me that GiveDirectly had sent me the promised money, my heart was filled with happiness and I started singing silently. On that day, I could not take my breakfast due to the intense happiness that had filled my heart."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family lives in our newly built house comfortably. At the same time, with the house being spacious enough we also have the privacy we need. Thanks to GiveDirectly for financing my long desired dream which used to seem impossible due to lack of money."

"My expectation in the next six months is to build a decent spacious house. Currently, I live in a small grass thatched one which leaks during the rainy season. This situation is normally uncomfortable, annoying and cumbersome since I have to move almost everything on a better side to avoid my staff being rained on mostly on rainy days."

"A decent house, owning livestock and starting of vegetables business is what receiving this money means to me. I was married with the hope of living a happy life, but this dream has never been the case because, I am a house wife who majorly depend on my husband's brick making business. His job is very tiresome and it's income is very low such that it cannot fully support our basic needs. This has forced me to live in a disastrous house that can easily be blown away by the strong wind. Receiving this money means constructing a decent house for myself, buying livestock especially goats and sheep and the remaining amount will support my husband to start a vegetable grocery business."

"Imagine depending on subsistence farming in a drought stricken area with unproductive land. This is a clear indication that in order to survive, I have to undertake casual jobs. But do I earn enough to sustain me? Definitely no, and this has put me at the center of financial constraint, which I regard as my biggest hardship. It has resulted to much struggle when it comes to the provision of basic needs especially food and clothing."