"The moment I received money from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy because I got money for buying food and completing to building my permanent house."

"Although I will still have other financial needs to be taken care of, in the next six months I expect to have either collected expected building materials or I will have started the construction and this will be my happiness since the light of living a more decent spacious house will be seen."

"In the next six months, I want to ensure I buy all the requirements needed to plaster my house. I would want to continue buying sand and cement and save some money to pay masons who would do the work. I am determined to achieve this goal."

"I expect nothing much but to build my new kitchen. I look forward to having my wife cook our meals peacefully and also my children having a place to sleep in without necessarily knocking on the neighbour's door looking for a place to spend the night when it rains."

"I expect to make changes in my life by first of all expanding my business so that I can be able to generate more cash which of course will go a long way towards helping me in taking care of my family's day to day expenses."

"I expect to make changes in my life which includes saving as much money as I can so that I can be able to pay school fees for my son who is currently finishing his primary school level education and will be joining form one come next year January. The admission fees for a new student is always very high so I have to make sure that I do that is possible to ensure that he has a smooth transition, otherwise if I do not do so then I might just run into problems come next year."

"I feel so happy nowadays because I have managed to construct a Iron roofed house in my disability condition. I did not have any avenues of getting money to facilitate the construction of a iron roofed house. This transfer came as a blessing to me because I have built a spacious and strong enough house. Prior to getting this transfer, I struggled a lot looking for grass to thatch the house whenever it needed renovation. I kept on falling in the bush while cutting and transporting this thatch since I move with the support of a clutch. Finally, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to GiveDirectly for rescuing me from the bad conditions I dwelt in a very long period of time. The house is ramshackle and could soon collapse on us."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I am not in position to provide basic needs for my household. I don't have even just a matress. I sleep on a mat because I have no where to get money from."

"Receiving this money is going to relieve me from borrowing agricultural inputs like oxen and an ox-plough. When I receive this money I will buy my own oxen and ox-plough that will help me plough the fields. This will relieve me of the borrowing burden.. I will also buy a cross breeded cow that will produce milk for both commercial and domestic purposes. This diary project will help in household income sustainability."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough money to sustain all the family's basic needs like proper feeding, medical care and education."