"I live in a two-roomed house with my co-wife. We live peacefully together. However, our roof is old and has been leaking which has proven a problem now that it's raining. I would like to build a similar mud house with an iron roof. It is not cheap and seeing that business is not good I plan to use GD transfers to achieve this by saving. I save $20 monthly and although I have not begun building with the amount I am setting aside I see a possibility of my dreams becoming a reality with time."

"I have a plan of increasing my number of animals. I do currently own one goat and 5 hens which is quite a start since I never had them before. However, I would like to increase this much more. I plan to get more female goats and I plan to breed them so that they reproduce and increase in number. For chicken what I want are more eggs to hatch in turn increasing my numbers. These are the easiest animals to sell around here and having them in large numbers is a big investment as I would be able to meet my family's emergencies as well as get goats and cows from selling the hens or their chicks."

"I have used quite a large percentage of my transfers on my children over the past few months. In January, I spent $20 on school fees for my children in high school while in March I spent $22.5 on school fees for my youngest. I spend so much on school as I do not want my children to miss out on education and end up as hoodlums. There is no work here and so without an education, you are stuck at home with nothing much to do and this makes most young people become thieves. I do not want this for my children. My oldest is in form 2 and his school fees are $400 per term. To ensure that he is not sent away from school we need to pay $50 monthly to bring the school fees debt down. My daughter in form four is also in a school that needs $250 per term and we are $200 in arrears. I want to use this money to get my children through school at least to give them a fighting chance to seek out work beyond our village."

"I am very focused on completing my house. We live in a small one-roomed house which does not allow for much privacy. We live in this small room with my two children and Husband. My oldest is now 4 years old which means soon he will be old enough to need his own space. My youngest is yet one year but I know time flies and he will catch up with his sibling. I want us to be able to have a space for my husband and me while the children have their own space hence my working on constricting a three-roomed house. I have also been buying chicken since I lost the ones I had to a sickness that swept through the village. Now through GD, I have 8 hens with 15 chicks and I only expect the numbers to grow. I plan to sell them and buy goats which can be used for business to take my children through school since they soon will be school-going."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well in uplifting the living standard of people within its areas of operations. All enrolled in the program always receive cash transfers that they can use to improve their living standards. I am so glad and proud of GiveDirectly because my living condition has improved. For instance, I have been able to develop my prime parcel of land as a result of the transfers. I only suggest that GiveDirectly scale its operations to increase its vicinity in our region."

"Most of the money was spent on renewing the roof and walls of my house, I spent 150k on the construction costs .In addition I bought two big goats for 80k."

"I bought a land of 200k , I am planning to plant different crops such as beans and potatoes."

"I am living a good life before I struggled to pay school fees now I was able to pay the school fees for my children. I was able to buy food for my family and now we are planning to use the second batch in constructing our own house."

"Things have totally changed , we were renting a crop land but now we own our crop land . I am able to take care of my family by buying them home nececissities such as food and clothes."

"It was in the morning around 7 am, I was farming with others . Then I heard one lady saying that she received the money and I immediatey checked my phone and found that I received it the donation through mobile money. I was so happy and I even danced. The first thing that came in my mind is that I was going to change my life in a positive way."