"I am planning to start up a small business selling second-hand clothes for women. I had done this kind of business before the Covid19 Pandemic hit our country, although I had to close it down since most of my potential customers moved to rural areas due to job loss. I have plans of starting all over again as it has high demand due to the purchasing patterns of women in my community. Besides, most of the people in my community prefer purchasing second-hand clothes as it is affordable compared to new ones."

"The prolonged drought in our area has affected my ability to engage in farm work since it is no longer reliable. This means the only available work which many people are doing is the charcoal business, a very energy-intensive venture. My health condition can not allow me to perform this work because I had complications after having a stillbirth 10 years ago. I am currently depending on my husband who is a primary teacher. Since we are in a polygamous family, his income can not fully cater to our needs and sometimes, we miss the very basic needs like food and nice beddings. This has directly robbed away my joy as a parent and I, therefore, consider financial crisis to be the biggest hardship to me."

"In the coming years, I am hoping that I will be able to fulfil my dream of having tap water in my homestead. My children will no longer have to trek for so many kilometres to search for water. It will be a relief to them. Additionally, I can also decide to start a home garden and plant vegetables."

"I have dedicated my monthly transfers towards educating my four children currently in school. I have been struggling to raise fees for them for quite some time, and since I do not have a source of income to rely on, my children were frequently sent home, thus missing classes. My goal now is to ensure that, once I receive my monthly transfer, I pay fees on time to avoid having their studies discontinued. This will allow them to realize their educational goals despite the financial hardships that I am currently facing."

"I have been adding the monthly transfers to my savings and this has enabled me to buy iron sheets every month. I have been staying in my uncle's house for years despite being of legal age. Currently, I am planning to build my own house where I will have the freedom to develop myself economically, like livestock keeping. My goal is to continue buying iron sheets every month and other building materials in order to commence the building process."

"We were delighted to welcome GiveDirectly to the community and can verify that they lived up to our expectations in terms of their performance. Everyone, in my opinion, agrees that every household has done a terrific job without bias or discrimination. I have no issues because the financial assistance I received covered the majority of the family expenses I had anticipated."

"We have been residing in a one-room house with a partition separating the sleeping area from the kitchen, together with my wife and one child. I want to build a larger home this year, ideally one with two rooms so my family can live comfortably. Also, I want to get at least two dairy cows so I may milk them at home and sell the milk to my neighbors."

"GiveDirectly has touched and changed the lives of many people in our area. We own assets that we never imagined or could have taken us ages to acquire. My household is now connected with power and my grandchildren are now enjoying their evening studies. They are also able to complete their assignment in good time. Parents living with disability have nothing much to support their children, also households living with disabled have big responsibilities. It will be good if GiveDirectly would consider additional transfers to those families."

"I was not lucky to buy cattle with this transfer due to my pressing need of building a new home for my family. We are buying milk expensively and this is making our cost of living high. I am planning to start saving money to enable me to buy a dairy cow for my family. This will save us a lot as we produce milk for domestic use."

"I can attest that education is expensive, especially in the developing world. I can recount the assets that I even sold to fund the education of my two sons and a daughter at a University. This brought me back in terms of development and even cut short my dream of building a better house for my family of six. When I received GiveDirectly's transfers, I was torn between building a better house or paying school fees for my children. I choose peace of mind for my children and decided to pay school fees for them to avoid being sent home to fetch school arrears. I am now working hard to save money and rejuvenate my dream of building a better and more spacious home for my family."