"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to pay school fees for the children."

"When I receive this money, I will start an electronics business to boost my income."

"My long term goal involves getting a piece of land where I will be keeping both broilers and layers chicken for commercial purposes so that I can be able to get more financial profits in the future. When I have layers birds that laying eggs, I will be in a position to sell the eggs and make some little profits from such a venture. On the other hand, I will also make some cash from the sale of broilers which I know have a ready market"

"Just like I mentioned before, I have been engaging in some small scale farming but my main desire is to get into the world of business where I intend to start a shop and earn some little cash from it, so that we will have the surety of getting some cash to buy food on a day to day basis."

"My life is different now than before in that I own personal land that was impossible to attain since my husband and I could not even imagine to ever have it through the farming that we do. Since my husband is an orphan and has been staying with his grand parents till now, I feel confident that this plot of land will solve most of my problems such as a place to cultivate and a home of my own. Before, my husband and I could endure insults from my in laws as we had no where to go."

"In the next six months, I expect to have boosted the current business I operate so that I can have an improved income. This will enable me to comfortably meet the family needs."

"With the great plans I have put in place for my farm this season, I anticipate a bumper harvest which I know will we use for a long time and even have extra to sell to raise more income."

"Everyone in the village was so happy when we received the first transfers. Everyone woke up very early in the morning to get prepared and all were set to the nearest town to collect their money. We were still in disbelief and we decided to wait for sometimes before collecting ours. We had already planned what to spend the money on and even dates of expenditures were already set. That gave us peace of mind to relax and wait for some days before collecting the transfers. Everyone in our family was happy including our children since we informed them right away when we received and they were all thanking GiveDirectly for the great help they had brought into our household."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my spacious house and staying in it."

"In the next six months l expect to have put up my own house and staying in it comfortably."