"I hope to accomplish my goal of acquiring a parcel of land in the next year and beyond. There is a parcel of land that I had identified, and the seller had agreed to sell it out to us at $100. So far, I have not made any payment though I am working on how to raise some money to commit. That parcel will assist me in locating a suitable location for subsistence cultivation. It will aid in obtaining other sources of income. The acquisition of that amount is my key goal this year as I continue to get transfers. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support."

"In the next year, I hope to accomplish the goal of increasing the size of my livestock farm. My main goal has been to buy more goats and raise them. They are valuable live assets that will bring supplementary income to my household in the long run if they survive. As a result, I will find it so easy to pay for my children's secondary school tuition. My spouse and I will find life to be pretty easy in terms of raising additional money for food and other family development plans."

"For a significant amount of time, my family of five and I had been struggling financially. Despite working long hours every day to provide for them, it always seemed like it was not enough. However, I was thrilled when I received notification that I had finally received my first cash transfer from GiveDirectly. Even though I had been waiting for some time after enrolling in the program, hearing positive feedback from my friends in other villages reassured me that I too would eventually receive the transfer. As soon as I confirmed the receipt of the money at around 4:00 pm, I immediately left my routine casual job and went to the nearest shopping center to purchase some much-needed groceries and household goods. I collected the remaining amount the following day when I was buying other enlisted items."

"I am filled with contentment and satisfaction for all that I have achieved thus far. However, due to the lack of funds, it has become increasingly challenging to make plans for the upcoming year. Despite these challenges, I am forever grateful for the funds that transformed my living standards. The impact of those funds was immense, and it has enabled me to achieve so much."

"Going by the current weather condition highly characterized by drought, I have been unable to do any farming. I heavily rely on my monthly transfers to support my school-going children. I hope to launch a company providing ready food inside the center with the assurance of monthly transfers. Although it does not fetch much, I am sure it can raise at least $ 2 a day. That can go a long way in supporting my children to get food. I have to work extremely hard to support them because I am a single mother. My husband divorced me ten years ago, and the burden of catering to my three children's needs is solely on my shoulder."

"I value education as well as the well-being of my family members. Therefore, in the coming year and beyond, I hope to see all my school-aged children enrolled and continuing with their education. I believe that offering them an opportunity to go to school and learn is the best gift I can give them. They will gain a lot from it in the long run. Also, as long as I continue to get monthly transfers, I will make sure that they are always used to cover my children's educational expenses."

"Food access is a big problem. I stay with my grandchild and it's not easy getting a meal. It's very expensive to buy food, 1 kilo of maize flour costs $1. We also buy all other food items because of the drought. Due to the long drought, I have sold most of my goats. I used to have over 10 goats. Now I only have 3. The only source of income is my goats or help from my children. It worries me knowing that I have very few goats."

"The hardest thing we're facing now as a family is lack of enough food. The drought brought up food shortage since we did not plant our farms. The last time we planted maize and made good harvest was in 2020. The sustained drought has made it difficult producing more food. This has really affected our ability to put food on the table, daily for our 3 children. Now we depend on casual jobs to survive. It's hard getting them. To make matters worse the cost of buying food is high. Here in the village one is paid $2.5 per days work. It's not enough to provide for us."

"I was running a shop at the trading center before getting the second transfer. Because I had rented the business house for $20 per month, I considered it to be expensive due to the poverty that afflicted our community. When I received the second transfer, I chose to set up a business structure at home in order to transfer the business to the new structure. Despite the fact that the structure is still being built, the contractor has quoted me $350. When it's finished, I will use the remaining funds to buy more stock to ensure that my shop has almost everything that potential customers need on a daily basis."

"I believe that a lot of the villagers appreciated the enormous effort that GiveDirectly made to help them escape poverty. Everyone who received the transfer invested in what they most urgently required because it was made plain that it was our obligation to decide how to spend the financial transfers that we received."