"I expect my life to change to be better than it is now in the next six months. I am planning to buy more sheep to add to the ones I currently have. Moreover, I am expecting to expand my poultry farming and raise about 100 hens and cocks from which I will be able to earn some good income once I start selling them."

"In the next few months, I expect to have relocated to my new house with my family. This means that we will be having a more dignified life and raising a healthier, happier family."

"Now that I have received my transfers, in the next six months I will have purchased a sofa seat, kitchen utensils, and a music system for the purpose of entertainment. This will bring a sense of liveliness in my household."

"In the next six months, I want to start a business. The business is my next goal which will improve my financial status. I want to have a stable source of income and since I can not get a job, I have resolved to start a business. I do not want to go back to where I was before the transfers."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be having enough water for family and livestock use. I am planning to start saving part of my monthly transfers and will use the money to hire a person who will drill the bore hole. This is because currently, we are buying water for household and livestock use which is very expensive. Drilling the borehole will therefore ensure adequate water supply for my family hence my daughter will save some money to cater for other family basic needs such as food."

"In the next six months, I expect to have enrolled my son to a college to take auto mechanics which has always been his dream since he was young. This will enable him to have his own profession such that he wont be doing casual labor in peoples farm as I do. I am also expecting to start buying materials for building my new house. I live in a small house which cannot accommodate my guests, especially at night when they come visiting."

"In the next six months, I plan to pay school fees for my grandchild who has been under my care after the death of her parents two years ago. I want to do this to fulfil the dream of her parents of making her get to university. This is a promise I made to the parents and I want to see it accomplished with the help of GD transfers."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started a poultry project. I am planning to save part of my transfers and use my savings to start the project. This will be a source of income and I will sell them in future and use the income to start a retail shop which will bring more income to my family. This will enable me support my husband pay my school fees and that of my child who will be joining school next year."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that nowadays I am hopeful in life. With the revival of the sugarcane farm, I feel like I have a long term investment. I have something I can hold on to. At least I will not have to be employed in order to sustain my family"

"Every year in my household begins with difficulties in food provisions. This is because being, January, the many activities including the opening of schools for my children and the planting season leaves me with nothing to spend on food. But this was not the case this year as I bought two sacks of maize for food. I also bought sugar and other household items leading to a smooth beginning of the yeat with plenty of food unlike previously. The ability to have enough food in the store has allowed me to make money from doing menial jobs for use in developing my home. Now I concentrate on my own farm and take care of the cow I bought. In fact, as we are talking, I am at the crush spraying the cow to control ticks and keep her healthy. This has become more productive activities as I milk and sell it to get cash. My farm is also well done and I am looking forward to a bigger harvest than previous years. Thanks to GiveDirectly."