"Receiving this money means that I will be able to take my children to school and put up some small iron roofed house. "

"The biggest hardship I face currently is sickness. Iam suffering from rear disease that doctor have failled to diagnosis. "

"The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of enough money for varnishing my house. "

"The biggest hardship I face is how to raise money for paying my children's school fees who are studying in Zula primary school. "

"I had a kitchen which burnt down and I had to sleep with my children in the same house. I plan to buy building materials to build a new kitchen so that my children can get a place to sleep in and my wife a proper place to cook and store food. I also plan to buy cement to plaster my house which I built and I had not finished plastering. In the next six months, I will be having a beautiful house and kitchen where my family can live comfortably."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of land for agriculture which is our main income generating activity."

"When I receive this money, I will build a proper house for my family."

"The cash transfers have changed my life alot for instance I am at peace and happy because I am preparing to enroll for an electrical engineering course. I will spend the cash transfers to pay for my tuition. I have spent more than two years at home after I sat for senior four exams. I had no dreams of continuing my education due to lack of money and yet this was something that I had dreamed of in the past. However, GiveDirectly has made my dreams come true. I am very grateful for this opportunity."

"My life is different now in that, I'm no longer stressed on how to get money that can support my family. After getting this money, I managed to purchase a motorcycle that generates daily income which supports my household in terms of buying food, soap, sugar and clothes. These transfers have also enabled me acquire a plot of land that I never owned in the past. Prior to receiving this money, I used to ride a bicycle for long distances which was tiring but since I now have a motorcycle I no long ride a bicycle for long distances."

"My life has changed in that, I am proud because I will soon start constructing a permanent house that I did not think I would own. Previously, I used to share with my parents in law one roof but different rooms which was very embarrassing and inconveniencing."