"My life is different than it would have been because I sleep under an iron sheet roofed house relieving me from the burden of looking for roofing grass every year to replenish the old. In addition, I am happy to have acquired household items. All these were not things that would come in my life without GiveDirectly."

"My life is currently different in that I was able to buy a motorcycle that will help me be self employed and generate money to support my family. Prior to getting this money, I used to ride another person's motorcycle and making money to sustain my family was difficult as the boss needed a specific amount of money. So most of the money I made went to him leaving me with just peanut to survive on."

"I think once my wife starts her small business then at some point life will change because we will have an additional amount to supplement our daily budget. Most of the financial pressure on me will subside by then."

"My expectation in the next six months is to be a proud larger-scale farmer. I want to invest in planting onions, tomatoes, and vegetables. The market is readily available and I know that my living standards will definitely change from there sales which will enable me to meet my goals."

"I hope that in the next six months, we will have moved into our compound and constructed a bigger house than we have now. Our tradition demands that when a man attains a certain age, he should leave his parents' compound and move into his own. This is currently stressing my husband because he needs to move out soon but does not have enough resources. I hope that the transfers will enable us to buy the required materials in time so that we move out in December."

"I will have more chickens and will have constructed a poultry house. This will be a really good source of income since I have the space required. I will have a grains business too! I hope to have started a maize selling business and this will be the best thing that I desire to have."

"My expectation in the next six months is to give a helping hand to others. I want to invest in farming. I am certain that I will be able to employ the youths in the community and when I get more produce, I can even share with the elderly. Farming will also help me sustain my family well and reduce the cost of buying food."

"I expect my life to have changed in the next six months. I will have improved my pyrethrum farming and this means more income to me and better living standards for my family from it. I hope I shall have gained a large market too for the pyrethrum given that it is a rare crop grown by very few people here."

"The rental houses we recently constructed have not been fully completed yet due to financial difficulties which forced us to pause a bit. This is because we want to clear the loan that we took from the bank to construct the houses before the deadline to avoid penalties. We have been consistently paying the loan and which we will soon clear after which we can then focus on the finishing of the rental houses. I hope that in the next six months, we will have completed them so that our income can increase from where it currently is which will open doors to better living and more investment ideas."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is poor harvests due to unsustainable rainfall in this area. This has forced us to spend the little money we earn from dairy farming in buying food stuff thus less is left for savings hence investing in income generating activities has proven hard in my family "