"Receiving this money means that I will construct an iron roofed house for my family. Right now I'm living in agrass thatched house which has become difficulty to maintain. Every year, I need to replace grass and the cost of grass is expensive. If there is any balance of money, then I will hire land for farming since I don't have enough land for crop cultivation. "

"Being a motorbike rider and the only breadwinner of my family, receiving this money will enable me to start up poultry farming project that my spouse will manage so that she can support me in providing for the family. I also plan to buy one dairy cow that will also help boost our daily income and at the same time this will help me save the amount i usually spend in buying milk for family consumption. "

"The moment I received the money, I felt very excited. It was my first to receive such an amount of money."

"The moment I received my money I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money before. I was very early in the morning when my neighbor informed me about the message from GiveDirecly and when I checked my phone there was money and I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to buy a heifer."

"I felt very happy because I got money which was going to solve some of the problems I had like paying schools for my children."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I cleared paying the school fees for my two children in secondary school. We do casual jobs in the village and the amount of money we get cannot gather for the basic needs and school fees at the same time. This was affecting our children in terms of the performance because most of the time they could be at home due to lack of money to pay their school fees. Nowadays their performance has improved because they spent most of their time in school. I have also gotten peace of mind because I concentrate on my daily activities at home without getting worried about my children education needs."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have managed to build a new house in my own compound. I feel it is time that I should have my own home due to my age. My children would require a place to build and they can only build when I have my own home."

"My new plan in the next six months is to start a foodstuff business. I want to have a stable source of income to sustain my family needs. Since I cannot be able to get employment now, I have resulted to having a business. I know through the business, I will have enough to provide for my family well and in time."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have finally achieved my goal of plastering the house. I plan to use part of my monthly transfers to buy building materials such as cement and sand to use in plastering my house. This has been my goal for the last two years and I was not able to achieve it on my own. With GD transfers, I know I will achieve."

"I expect to have built a new house that would be the envy of the entire village. I want to use part of my transfers to buy building materials such as iron sheets and timber to put up a new home."