"I'm a mother of three children.We live in my father-in-law's house. My spouse and I engage in farming to sustain ourselves and other family members in and around my neighbouring town. Sometimes things got a bit tough on us when we had to go to other farms in search of food before we eat.Givedirectly brought relieve on my family.I'm now able to provide our daily meals. The remaining money we bought zinc plank with other building materials to start our new home."

"In the near future, I want to see all of my children graduating from school some day and be the one looking after me when I'm no longer able to do things on my own. I want to live to see my grandparents' children lying on my arm."

"My parents built a house sometimes ago where I am presently residing. The roof has lived it's usefulness and we have been experiencing leakages during rainy season. But thanks to Givedirectly through her unconditional cash transfer which has made me to re roof my parents' house."

"I want to become a successful cocoa farmer. I have two acres of cocoa farm. My target is five acres of farmland planted with cocoa. Therefore, in the coming year, I want to add additional three acres to the existing farm."

"We currently face the problem of flash floods and land slides which has always affected our gardens of food crops and cash crops like coffee and bananas leaving us with food insecurity and poverty in the way that we can not afford paying school fees for our children in good schools hence having poor performance always in class."

"I am a skillful designer, but I have not yet established my tailoring business shop. I do work from home occasionally, but it doesn't bring in much money for my family. I intend to save my monthly transfers to collect capital for starting a tailoring business shop because I already own two sewing machines. It will help me to experience a boost in my tailoring business that will go a long way in easing my family's financial burden. I aim to sell both designed clothes as well as other ready-made clothes. It will give me a steady source of income."

"I joined a saving scheme with the mindset of savings my monthly transfer till December. Consequently, I developed a goal to spend my savings on initiating poultry and livestock farming. I have chosen to invest in this since it is the only thing I can do, and it will give me a way to raise money for my daughter's school expenses. Despite the fact that I am a single mother, I would like to give her good support. By the time she will be ready to be enrolled in school, I shall have ways of raising school fees for her. I hope that will help in reducing my burden."

"As a family, we have limited investment options. Because there are not many thriving businesses in our neighborhood, it's vulnerable to this kind of circumstance. Therefore, as I continue to receive my transfer, my main goal is to increase my goat flock. Raising livestock seems more feasible to us, and we hope they will be of better return to my family. Goats grow faster and can help fetch much in case they do not succumb to the periodic drought situations that we have been experiencing in our areas. Since I only have a son who is six months old, this type of investment will go a long way in helping him."

"I was living in extreme poverty before receiving my first transfer. My family and I could rarely eat properly and I had no idea of how I was supposed to pay off the debt that I had. I am thankful I received the first transfer and was able to pay the debt, clothes and some food for my family."

"I am a mason and practice masonry for a living. I was on a worksite when I received the grant. I was so happy and started thinking of what I would do with the money while finishing off my daily task. I got off work very late and I could not wait to withdraw the money the day after. When I received the money the day after, I immediately bought iron sheets to start renovating my house, some food and also the home utensils that I needed."