"In the next six months, I expect to be living comfortably in my own house. I expect to have gotten married and will be living happily with my wife. I also expect my two sheep to be about to calf hence will be of a higher value and this will always be my happiness in life."

"I never managed to go to school and all my life I have only known how to take care of livestock to earn a living. For a very long time, I have really wished to have some of my own and I have really struggled to get the four goats that I have currently and an ox plough. In order to boost my farming, I normally hire my neighbours oxen's to plough my farm since I have the ox plough but now that I will be receiving this money, I plan to buy my own pair of oxen so that I have the complete set to expand my farming. I will also buy goats for rearing and invest the rest of my transfer in the livestock trade business which I am very conversant with in order to generate income for my family for many years to come."

"I felt very happy the moment I received my transfer. My daughter is the one who read the message and broke the good news about the money that was sent to my account. I could not hold my happiness, I remember jumping up with joy knowing that I would be able to meet most of the pressing needs that I couldn't settle for a long time. I thank Give Directly for full filling their promise. I knew that my life will never be the same the moment I received the money."

"In the next six months, I will be sitting for my final secondary school exam. This will be a time where the transfers will have taken me well through my studies. I will be giving my best as this laying a foundation for my career life. I am confident that I will do well and proceed to train in a college that I will choose after the results are out."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the transfer has enabled me to buy a pair of oxen that I have desired to have for a long time. Previously I had no oxen and I had to hire from neighbors which was costly to me. Also, I could not manage to cultivate a bigger acreage which always led to food insecurity as it would not last us long. With the pair, I am assured of early cultivation and increase acreage for abundant yields."

"In the next six months, I would be financially stable and even after GD transfers end I will have a reliable source of income. I believe in the poultry investments that I have already put in place. I know that eggs in high demand within my locality. I have never been this confident before as it feels good to be empowered financially."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the transfer, I acquired a sewing machine that I had longed for many years after finishing my training as a tailor. I am glad that I will now open my own shop and buy textile materials and provide the tailoring services to clients thus earning an income through it. This will help me to always have money to use in supporting my family even after GiveDirectly will have stopped giving us the financial support."

"I was woken up early in the morning by a message notification from my phone. On checking to confirm the sender, it was from GiveDirectly notifying me that I had received my first transfer which they had promised us. I was very happy for the financial assistance as it would later on help me upgrade my way of living to a new status."

"Financial constraints is the biggest hardship that I face in life. I have tried taking up all sorts of odd jobs just to earn a little extra to afford taking care of the family needs but it is just never enough. My children still end up being chased away from school due to fee arrears and my sick wife who suffers from a heart related condition is still forced to do exhausting jobs which are not good for her poor state of health just so that she can help take care of the household expenses. Since I cannot afford to take her to the hospital, for the longest time that I can remember, she has been forced to live on painkillers whenever the pain becomes unbearable. I really feel frustrated as a father,husband and a man because I feel that due to my financial inadequacies, my family is really forced to live in constant and abject state of poverty."

"I was forced to get married as a second wife in order to bring home a dowry for my parents to educate my young brother who was to join secondary school. This made my life so difficult because my husband is just a peasant farmer and has no reliable source of income to support our family needs. I am forced to burn charcoal in order to get a meal and when I heard about GiveDirectly, I knew my life would change for the better. Receiving this money means meeting my family needs. I will construct an iron roofed house for myself because the one I have is a grass thatched and is leaking. Since I already have an oxen, I will buy an ox plough to help upscaling my farming and use the remaining amount to start vending vegetables at Goshi center. The income from this business will help in paying school fee for my children and sustain other family needs."