"In the next six months, I expect to have bought new chairs in my house such that I will be free to welcome my guests especially my small Christian group without feeling ashamed that they will have no chairs to sit on. We will also be able to enjoy our meals from the same table as a family since there will be enough chairs for us to sit on."

"Ever since I received this transfer, I have experienced a very big difference in my life. My kids can now eat to a full stomach, this has never happened in their 15 years of life. we have always had a bad drought in our region hence very little food. I'm even happier since I can do a business I have a passion for."

"In the next six months, I want to boost the cereal busuiness which I will start with part of the transfers in the next four months. I would want to invest in the business so that we don't go back to where we were before the transfers. I would want to keep up the pace set by Gd transfers. I would not want to beg anymore."

"I expect to make a lot of savings within the net months so that my kid who is in his final year in primary school will easily transition to his secondary education come next year. I have to start making the savings as early as now because for me I do not have a source of income that I can say that I will be able to rely on in the future in case GD stops the monthly cash transfers. Within a period of six months from today, I am sure I will have saved enough money that will see him off as he starts his secondary school education."

"I expect my life to change significantly in the next six months. This is because I will be having my own dairy cow. Subsequently, I will be saving more funds which could otherwise be used to buy milk. Moreover, my family shall have enough milk for consuption. I will top up the savings with the transfers from GiveDirectly to be used in leasing more land to facilitate my farming activities. Still, I will be spending most of my time working on my farm. Hence, I will no longer be handling the casual work that I have been doing."

"I have a plan to stop my small scale business where I have to go and fetch for goods from a distant market and come back to re-sell the second hand clothes within my locality. Due to my age, I think I have been straining so much and it makes me get exhausted excessively. I think Its time for me to retire from such a business and most probably become a full-time shopkeeper and earn some little cash without straining excessively like I do right now. I just pray that God will give me the energy to go through this period successfully and make the transformation a reality."

"I expect my life to change drastically in the next six months. This is because some of my tea will have matured. Accordingly, I will be getting some additional income after selling them. Moreover, I will be some of my long term vision including poultry keeping will materialize. Still, I will be saving lots of money which could otherwise have been used to buy food for consumption. I will have harvested the maize and beans that I planted last December. Subsequently, I will be selling some surplus to fetch income which will be used to pay school fees for my children. Besides, I will be hiring some individuals to work on my farm, something that has never happened to me."

"I believe I will have accumulated enough cash that will enable me to buy a goat and maybe start out by buying an additional cow. The main reason for buying the animals is because I know that they will give birth to other offspring's in the future and as a result of that their population will increase with time and I will be able to use some of them as dowry payment to my in-laws. Living with my wife without paying dowry is not a good idea because according to our traditions, a man must pay dowry to the in-laws once he marries their daughter."

"My greatest ambition in life is to see my children attain quality education upto university level. This is because I am confident that they will get good employment in future and be able to live better lives. I plan to use my GD transfers to buy oxen and an ox plough to engage in large scale farming ensuring that they have enough food at home thus helping them concentrate in school. I will also start a hotel business in Bamba town that will ensure I have a steady flow of income to sustain them in school as well as afford other basic needs such as medication and clothing. Having worked as a cook and waitress for two years, I am confident my business will thrive."

"I am planning to buy a dairy cow in the next six months which will provide us with milk. We have started saving from the transfers and in case the money is not enough we shall sell the goats we have to raise it. Having this dairy cow will enable me to sell the extra milk production thus increasing my income."