"Electrical jobs are very irregular, and since that is what I mostly depend on financially, life was very tough for my family and I before GD came because sometimes I usually went for a month without making any money. Such times were usually very tough because I was unable to provide for my family's basic needs. GD transfers have made it possible to properly provide for my family even on such days that I have no jobs."

"Since this is the job I have a passion for, I know that it will not take me a long duration before I open a new branch where I will be operating. Once I have a new branch, it will also offer an employment opportunity for other young guys who are willing to learn and earn a living from the job."

"I am expected to sit for my final exams in the next six months. My expectation, therefore, is that before then, I have all the requirements needed to sit for this exam such as ensuring that I have completed paying the school fees required and other requirements. It is my prayer that after the last exam, I will graduate and secure a better job now that I will be better qualified. This will be one step toward my desire of being financially stable."

"My life is different is because I used the money to buy a new window grill and a new door for all my rooms in the house. Whenever I leave the house I make sure that I lock all the rooms before I leave unlike before when one could easily just walk in and get access to the entire house with so much ease. Apart from that, I built a new toilet structure which now gives the family the freedom to attend to nature call at any given time as opposed to how we used to do it previously when we could only do it during night hours when no one is watching."

"The difference is that I now get a daily income which we never used to see before. My husband used to do house construction jobs which are always available on an on and off basis, which makes life quite unpredictable. However, today things are different because my husband uses the motorbike to ferry passengers at a fee which then we use to take care of our financial needs."

"I expect that my poultry business will have picked up so well and I will be earning revenue from it. With the revenue earned, I will be able to support myself as I join college."

"I will have built the new kitchen by then so I think when I look back by that time, I will be able to say that at least I have a new kitchen structure which maybe I could not have managed to build were it not for the cash transfers from Give Directly."

"Previously, having three meals in a day was a luxury to me. This is because my harvest was meager and it could not last us up to the next harvesting season as a result of inadequate money to buy the required farm inputs. In addition, I did till my neighbor's farm for pay which could barely sustain most of my basic needs. Therefore, with all these struggles I was weak and thin which portrayed the levels of hunger and frustrations I was facing. Today, I'm happy and so proud of myself because currently I'm healthy and doing well because through the GiveDirectly transfers I am able to meet a lot of the needs that I lacked which includes; constructing a decent house, clearing school fee arrears for my children and most important acquisition of daily meals with ease."

"I expect to make changes in my life because I want to expand my business so that I can be able to get more profits and make my life better than it is today."

"I expect to buy a domestic animal such as either a goat or a sheep which I will include into my already existing flock of domestic animals. The advantage of having these animals is that in the event that one runs into a financial crisis, then it becomes easy for me to offset the need by selling out the animals in exchange for cash."