"The care of my six children is entirely my responsibility. Two of the students are in grade six, one is in grade four, another is in grade three, and the other two have not yet started school because they are still young. Since my husband passed away two years ago, I've found it difficult to provide for everyone in my family. I want to increase the number of goats in my herd. This is a long-term investment in the education of my kids. When the time comes, I'll sell some of them and use the proceeds to cover their tuition."

"My objective in the coming year would be to have a total of about 30 goats. This would enable me to get more money to purchase cows and also help me build rental houses. I have 10 goats so far. To accomplish my dream, I plan on purchasing a goat every month. Though I've got other responsibilities, I believe that discipline and focus will get me to achieve my dream in time."

"I want to buy a goat and also buy iron sheets and build a toilet. I do not currently have a toilet. I hope to spend $60 to build this toilet. We are putting money aside with my mother and aunt for $7 as we save towards building a toilet for the home so people do not have to use the bush. It is usually hard to send visitors to the bush whenever we are hosting, and I greatly hope this changes."

"I have not paid in full for a 1-acre parcel of land that I own. I still owe the landowner $100 so that he can give me full ownership of the property. I have plans to start both a commercial farm and a subsistence farm, but this plot of land is too small for both. I want to purchase three more acres of land with the money from my transfers. I'll have the chance to plant a lot of maize thanks to this, and the huge profits I make will help me provide for my family."

"I am Salina with a family of 10, my husband is a carpenter. He has a dislocated hip joint, fell when he was a boy. When we were newly married he used to work well without experiencing pains on his hip. Initially, he could build houses and earn on a good day $5. Since 2012, his hip joint has been causing him pain, which saddens us. We took him to hospital but it's too late. Now he only works minimally and can hardly support us. He can only manage $2 a day, and sometimes he cannot work due to the pain. This affects us immensely, we are not able to get meals daily."

"When my mother passed on in 2016, I took over her responsibilities of raising my 2 siblings. My father remarried and he then abdicated his father's duties to us. Therefore to make ends meet, I attend casual jobs like charcoal burning and land cultivation to earn $2 daily. All of this only caters for the food for the household and I have nothing to pay for school fees for my siblings. It pains me to see my family's anguish in poverty as tomorrow is almost uncalled for we live from hand to mouth."

"It has always been my dream to build a larger house with more space to accommodate my two children, who have always slept on the kitchen floor of my previous home. I was overjoyed when I received the first transfer, knowing that my dream was finally coming true. I received the good news via message notification around 7 p.m., and despite my joy, I called my husband, who rushed home to confirm the good news with me. He was equally pleased, and we thanked God for GiveDirectly's assistance."

"The first deposit on a piece of land that we are currently purchasing is the most significant step we have taken since receiving the first transfer, and hopefully it will make the most difference in my family's daily life once we begin farming on it. Because all four of my in-laws needed a piece of land to farm on, the family land was too small for extensive farming."

"I was relieved to finally receive the first transfer after a long wait, even though all of the other villagers I enrolled with had received their transfers four months earlier. I was almost out of hope at this point, but I was revived one evening when I received a message confirming the receipt of $550. I was alone at home and had to call my husband immediately after confirming the authenticity of the message from a neighbor who had already received both transfers and was familiar with how GiveDirectly transfers would appear on a message. My husband was grateful, and we had to remind ourselves of our plans, which he confidently gave me permission to spend the money on."