"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have joined college hence continue with my education."

"My plan in the near future is to build a bigger and better house for my parents and ensure that they live a better life. I also want to improve my farming by leasing more land to farm. I also pray that our family lifestyle will improve from how we are now and that our children will study well."

"On receiving the transfer, I was happy and my heart was filled with peace as I knew that my troubles would be settled very soon. I was thankful to GiveDirectly for receiving such an amount of money and I celebrated with my family for this was a great achievement I've ever experienced in my life and deep in my heart, I could feel it that this was the very beginning of a new life."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is lack of cattle for ploughing which has affected My productivity."

"The moment I received this money, I was in the house as usual when I heard my phone ring as it received a message at around 11:10 in the morning. I did not read the message since I am not conversant with reading. I was patient and waited till evening when my grandchildren come home from school for them to tell me what the message said. On reaching home I gave one of them the phone so that he could read the message for me, they were very excited as they told me that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and grateful for the good news I had received and the following day it was a must for me to withdraw the transfer."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is the chronic sickness of my breast which has affected My productivity."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is lack of enough support for sustaining my family welfare and education of my children."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is lack of a wife to help make a family."

"Inadequate finances continues to be a big challenge to my family. Since my husband died, I am forced to do casual labour such as washing clothes for people, fetching water and burning charcoal in order to provide food, clothing, medication and education for my children. "

"The biggest hardship has been financial constraints, with no reliable source of income. We have had a plan of investing in motorcycle transport business and livestock, but due severe financial constraints this has not been realised.We have been struggling to meet our daily basic needs and pay for our child's education. This has rendered us unable to save for any future investments."