"Personally I am very happy that GiveDirectly chose to send me these cash transfers. I never thought I would ever build an iron roofed house in my life. I am always beaming with joy when I go to sleep. Prior to receiving the cash transfers, I was living in a thatched house for over 34 years which was in a really inhabitable state. I have observed that constructing this house has improved my living conditions and the community members accord me more respect."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land. As a result, my household has always been in a poverty cycle because the small piece of land that I can afford to hire is usually not big enough to accommodate all that I would want to plant in order to meet the needs of my family. "

"One thing I am sure about is the sale of the tree seedlings which will take a very short period of time to start growing. Once they are bought then definitely I will be sure of generating some income which will help me a great deal in taking care of my financial needs and the daily financial needs of the family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is illness. I have chest complications that have not cured for over 7 years and this has affected our household income causing financial constraints."

"My daily life is much better because I can now afford to buy Agricultural inputs (seeds) in large quantities. I'm sure of food security in my home. Prior to this transfer, I faced a challenge of food insecurity because I could farm in small quantities. In addition, I'm able to pay school fees for my 3 children who are now in private school. My children can now access better education. Before this transfer, I could not afford better performing schools. I was forced to enrol them in a Government school which had teachers with low commitment."

"I have grandchildren I am taking care of in my home. So, when I receive this money, I will use part of the money to pay for their school fees. I will also buy oxen to help in ploughing agricultural land because I have been hiring them from other people. These will help me to save money that I have been using for hiring oxen and put it into my current small business of brewing local beverages hence improving on my household income. Besides all that I will also seek proper medical care because I'm ill but had no sufficient funds to get proper treatment."

"My biggest challenge that I face is inadequate land for crop cultivation. I hire land every year to enable me and my household cultivate crops both for sale and hoisehod consumption which is not sustainable for me."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a stable source of income for paying school fees for my children. I struggle a lot to balance between food for the family and to be sold in order to pay school fees for the children which gives me stress."

"Receiving this money will mean that I will be able to pay my children's school fees, engage on a more productive crop cultivation and animal rearing. After my children attaining education, that will be able to be responsible citizens in future and the animals will be an investment for my family. "

"My life is different in that, I sleep in a cemented descent house now and I am very happy for this achievement. In addition, I have owned oxen and an ox-plough that have made farming easier for me and I believe I will have increased yields this season since the planting was done in time. Previously, I ploughed my farm land late because the oxen owners were not willing to give out their oxen before they finish with their farms. I also didn't have enough money to buy cement and pay labour for plastering my house."