"I felt very happy the moment I received the transfer. I have been doing casual jobs and never at one point had I ever received such a lump-sum amount of money. My phone had been off the whole night, the moment I switched it on in the morning I realized there was a message informing me that transfers had been sent to me. The first person I called to share the good news was my husband. He reminded me to be calm and reflect on the previous goals that we had agreed to pursue. I could actually not contain my joy when I learned about the good news."

"My expectation in the next few months is to ensure that I have more sheep for rearing. I want to buy more sheep and once they reproduce and have a good number, I will be able to sell them and get a good amount of money that I am able to do a bigger project like building or improving my house. I also want to have improved my poultry project so that its able to help as another source of income by selling the eggs produced."

"I spend a lot of money seeking medical care for my family. My children get frequent cold attacks, a condition that has never received longterm treatment. This means I cannot advance financially because there is no extra money for savings. I am straining too much to provide other needs like food, education and clothing. This is because I lack a stable source of income to cater for all these and I can say financial constraint is my biggest hardship."

"With the new grocery business that we are planning to set up in the next few months, I expect to be more financially stable in the next six months. The business will be an extra source of income for my family even when my motorcycle taxi business doesn't provide enough for the day."

"I hope that in the next six months, I will have bought enough construction materials to construct a new kitchen. I currently have an old one that might collapse any moment and I hope that will change soon. Other than serving as a cooking area, the new kitchen will also serve as a sleeping area for some of my grandchildren who are all currently sleeping in one room despite being of different gender."

"It was in the night when I was woken up by my phone's notification. I was very reluctant to check the message because I never considered it important. I was urged by my husband to check the message and to my amazement, it was money. I was very happy and could not believe my eyes. I knelt down and thank God for the blessing from GD."

"My plan is to spend the money for marrying a spouse. Iam currently being threatened by in-laws that they will return their daughter if I donot give them dowery. So recieving this transfers will enable me buy animals that I will give my in-laws as dowery. This will make me have stable stay with my spouse and in-laws."

"My challenge is lack of Better source of money for educating my children. My children are in a private primary called st . Peter's Maga but are always sent home because Iam un able to pay school fees in time and this is affecting thier performance."

"I am planning to save some money from the transfers in a merry-go-round towards buying more building materials that I will use in building a new house to accommodate my large family. By then I shall be having a new house which will be the envy of the village."

"Receiving this money means I will spend for buying a piece of land. Iam separated with my spouse for about four years and yet I have four children with no where to dig and build houses. It therefore means no adequate food since I donot have gardens to cultivate and this is making life very difficult in terms of feeding. So this is agreat chance from givedirectly for me to fulfill my desires of getting land."