"I felt very happy when I received the message of the money in my phone. I thanked God for the blessing of this transfer since it was the first of its kind."

"The moment I received this transfer, I was overwhelmed with happiness because I was among a few who received transfer later after other recipients had received theirs. Therefore it was unbelievable because I thought I was ineligible for GiveDirectly cash transfer program."

"The moment I received the money, I was overwhelmed with joy. In addition, receiving this transfer marked an end to my worries of cultivating food crops."

"I hope that I will have a bigger and better house in the next six months so that when I have visitors, I have enough space to host them and not have to ask them to sit outside under a tree or request my neighbours to host them in their spacious homes. My children are also growing very fast and will soon need to have their own bedrooms which is also why I hope this project will soon be achieved."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a heifer. Expanding dairy project has always been my prayer as it will help me increase my daily income through the sale of milk."

"I hope that by then I will have bought a heifer which is my biggest desire at the moment. Before GD came to our village, I had no livestock and I am glad this project has given me the chance to be a livestock owner which is something I never thought would ever be possible."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to expand my business.I normally buy goats and sheep and sell them at a nearby market.With this money,I will be able to buy more and therefore get a bigger profit.I will then use the profits to keep expanding my business and in the near future venture into other businesses"

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have increased the acreage of land under farming. Due to this, my income generated from farming will increase. As a result of this, I will be able to invest more in other income-generating activities."

"Our financial struggles as a family has stagnated most of our desired progress in life.Though am married, I single handedly take care of the family because my husband has been sick for quite a while affecting his ability to move around. As am uneducated, I work as a casual labourer doing three jobs a day with a pay of less than 5 dollars which is supposed to feed, clothe, educate my children, pay for medical treatment for my husband and enable me complete the new house am building because the one we live in is almost collapsing. I desire to get an income that can at least help me meet these needs with much ease. "

"Food insecurity has been a constant worry in my family. For the past one year, we have been buying food from shops which is more expensive compared to growing your own food. This has swallowed up most of our finances that would have otherwise gone towards other needs such as education or building a bigger and better house. The situation is so bad that we sometimes have to forgo certain meals mostly breakfast and lunch because we can only afford one meal for the day. "