"In the next six months, I want to buy a sheep. I have always desired to have at least one type of livestock in my compound. This is an investment which I know will help me to raise good money to handle my needs."

"In the next six months, I want to boost my retail shop business. I would want to use part of my transfers to add more stock to my small business so as to boost the profit. The profit is my income hence if I boost it, I boost my own income to help sustain my needs."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed renovating my house and staying in without any worries of it falling down any soon."

"In the next six months I expect to have started business of selling clothes and getting money for my up keep and also to support my parents pay school fee to our siblings."

"In the next six months l expect to have bought a nice comfortable blanket."

"In the next six months I expect to have bought a very nice comfortable furniture . I will not be borrowing seats from my neighbors when I visitors any more."

"I value education a lot and this is one thing that I promised to offer my children. I am struggling financially at the moment because I discontinued mine at the primary level since my parents were not supportive enough. This is something that I do not wish to happen to my children. I have five children who are at the primary level, and my biggest concern every day is how to get their school fees. This is now going to change once I receive my transfers. Firstly, I will put part of the transfers in a long term plan, and that is to invest in livestock rearing. This is going to cater to their educational needs once they are in higher levels of education. And for the short term plan, I am going to start a grocery business here at home. This is going to help me meet the daily family's needs like food, clothing and other basic necessities with much ease. With support from my husband, I believe things are going to change for the better, and that is what receiving this money means to me."

"I have wished to live a decent life like owning a hotel business, living in a spacious house and also possessing livestock but this has never materialized because of financial challenges. This has forced me to be a house wife and mostly depend on my husband who is working as a barber. His earning is very little such that it can not fully support our basic needs. The aid from GiveDirectly means awakening our life dreams since I opt to start a hotel business with my first transfer in order to have a reliable source of income. I also plan to use my second transfer in constructing a spacious house for myself and any remaining amount will be spent in buying livestock. This will change our life for the better and hence, this transformation is basically what does receiving this means to me. "

"My longest desire has been to own a shop business but this dream has never materialized due to financial constraints. Despite being a form four leaver, I am forced to be a casual labourer within the village in order to feed my wife and I. My daily job as a house constructor is very tiresome yet its income is very low that can not support our needs. Receiving this money from GiveDirectly means reshaping my life for the better. I plan to start a shop business at Bandari center in order to have a reliable source of income and also to use part of my transfers in buying ten goats. This will transform my life and hence, this is basically what does receiving this means to me."

"Having been a tenant for more than 12 years now, I feel that it's time to have a place I can call my own. I miss the freedom that comes with ownership and that is why I will spend most of my transfers in building a house for me and my 3 children with whom I currently share one tiny room whose rent we sometimes struggle to pay. With the remaining cash, I will purchase oxen and an ox plough so I can expand my farming thus ensuring enough food supply in my household. "