"I expect my life to change immensely in the next six months. By then, I will have purchased a cow. Besides, my income will have double because I will be getting the GiveDirectly transfers while selling the passion fruits, tea, and milk. Still, I will be saving a substantial amount of money since I will be getting milk from my cow. Moreover, construction of the new house will have started following the increased income."

"In the next six months, I would want to buy a cow. This is the kind of investment I have always wanted in my life. I have never had one due to my low income from casual work. I will take care of my goat which I bought with part of the transfers and when it reproduces, I will sell them to buy a cow. I know my dream of having herds of cattle will come to pass through the one I will buy."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have completed my tailoring course and when this happens, I will be in a position to operate my own tailoring shop hence getting income out of it."

"My brother stole the phone which I was given by GiveDirectly leaving me with no phone so the moment when I received the transfer, I bought a new phone to replace it. In addition to that, my wife and I had been staying apart for a long period of time because we did not have a house. This forced her to stay with her parents while I was putting up with a friend. I, therefore, used part of the money to rent a house and I'm happy we are now staying together. I also bought clothes for my children because they did not have presentable ones and also to show that I am a responsible father."

"I am a driver at an uber-company. As an employee there, I can be given a loan depending on how I provide customer services to my customers alongside other things which they are checking. I am now planning to take this loan and use them to buy a car which I will be operating as a taxi. With this, I will be able to repay the loan and get some money for my family's daily needs."

"Music is what my heart cherishes most and I always dedicate my time on it. When I received my recent transfer, I used some amount to record two of my songs which I had not recorded due to lack of money. I also spent some money to buy a blue tooth speaker so that I will be using it to listen to beats when I am writing my songs. In addition, I spent part of my transfers to pay school fees for my brother who is in high school as I have always been helping my mother to pay them. Due to the nature of my work, getting money sometimes becomes very hard. For this reason, I paid one-month house rent in advance. I used the remaining amount to buy some food to last me for two weeks since I sometimes take only one meal a day due to lack of money to use."

"Having food in my house makes me happy. We have been having the challenge of getting enough food for a while. There was an outbreak of a certain disease that affected our maize plantation. Since 2014, we have been buying maize since it is our staple food. I have managed to buy some sacks of maize which can last us for about three months. What warms my heart every day is enough food we have because we will not sleep hungry anymore. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I expect to save more of these transfers to buy building materials i.e cement and sand to plaster my unfinished home. I will be living in my own home and in a beautiful house that can accommodate my growing family."

"Before receiving my transfers, my landlord had locked my house since I had not paid my rent. I am now happy since I was able to pay this debt and this has always given me the morale to work hard in my daily hustles as I now freely operate from my own house."

"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I used to till a small piece of land which always resulted in low production. I am happy that this has now changed as I was able to till a large acreage of land this year. Because of this, I am always happy as I know that my family will not lack food this year and this is so far the biggest difference in my life."