"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."

"My father was blessed with a large piece of land. After subdividing it amongst seven sons, every one of us got at least five acres. This piece of land for our family is big enough for our household to do several farm operations. We have been farming on the three acres and the remaining have been under livestock farming. In the next six months, I have a plan to purchase at least two heifers which I will then raise to be big enough then sell in aid of school fees. Investment on livestock is an easy one and I am hopeful that by the time I will be selling I will be able to register a good profit margin."

"I expect to save and buy building materials like iron sheets and timber that I plan to use in building a new kitchen. I prepare my meals under a tree as I do not have a kitchen. When it rains it becomes hectic preparing our family meals so I look forward to owning a beautiful kitchen at the end of the six months."

"This transfer have greatly changed my life in that, I have more land for agriculture. This has been possible through the loan that I paid off and made me repossess the acre of land I given as collateral and the two acres of land I have received as collateral for the money I loaned out. Previously, I didn't have enough land for agriculture and this affected the size of food I could have in my family."

"The transfers have made my life different in that feeding has improved a lot because food is readily available at home, and we dress better than before. Before, I had to labour in someone's garden to get money which would enable my family to have a meal, otherwise, we go hungry that day unless someone sympathized to give food. "

"Life is different in that I have happiness because of the cows and household items acquired. The cows will provide money when sold incase of a need. Before, my life was a misery because I had no where to get money to buy items needed, only remained wishing within myself. But I thank God for bringing GiveDirectly to us."

"I expect to be making some savings every month so that my grandchild can have an easy time in school. In case he needs books for his studies, I will make sure that I buy him the books as well as any other financial need he may have in order to make his studies a success."

"I expect some changes to take place in my life especially through launching a small scale business where I expect to carry out a fish-mongering business. I have a strategy where I will be buying fish at a wholesale price and then later sell them out at the retail price, which of course will generate some profits for me."