"My goal is to set up my own business. After I shall have completed my tailoring course, I would not like to be employed by someone else and instead, I would want to set up my own tailoring sh and be my own boss. With the transfers that I would be receiving, I would ensure that I save at least $10 every month to enable me to buy a sewing machine worth $20 for my business."

"My goal was to be one of the greatest livestock rearers in the area. After reflecting on the situation at my home, I wanted to start a project that would help generate income for my family so that they would no longer experience the financial challenges and they had before. I had so far started buying livestock (chicken and goats) with part of my previous transfers, and my focus is to continue saving on most months as I also buy the livestock on some of the months."

"I consider food insecurity as the main challenge in my household. This is because being a widow staying with 3 young grandchildren is equally an added burden on me. Since their mother works as a house help, her monthly income of $50 can not sustain our needs. In most cases, we seek help from my daughter-in-law. The pain of watching them desperately at home sometimes stresses me most and this has devoured my hope as a guardian."

"I have a small retail store business, but the income I get from it had never been enough to fully cater to my family’s needs. I have always wished to have a type of business whose income is enough without having to struggle to engage in other income-generating activities. My goal was therefore to expand it by adding more stock and I plan to save part of my monthly transfers so that when I shall have gathered around $100, I would immediately do the restocking."

"Inkunga yambere ya GiveDirectly ingeraho yasanze mfite icyifuzo cyo kugira itungo ryo korora, mpita ngura ingurube ya 60,000 Rwf (60$), ndangije mpita nshaka no kuryama heza ngura matelas ya 28,000 Rwf (28$) nicyo kwiyorosa (bed cover) ya 8,000 Rwf (8$),nanaguze imyambaro nibyo kurya bintwara 20,000 Rwf (20$); ayasigaye nongereyeho ayandi ngura umurima wa 270,000 Rwf (270$). Inkunga ya kabiri nayo yaraje mpita nshakira isambu umwana wanjye mugurira umudugudu wa 250,000 Rwf (250$), nanongeye ngura ingurube ya 70,000 Rwf (70$), nanaguze urugi rwo gukinga inzu yanjye runtwara 13,000 Rwf (13$), ngura n'imirasire ya 45,000 Rwf, ubu asigaye ndi guhahamo ibyo kurya."

"Mu gihe kiri imbere rero, ndifuza kuzaba nararyoheje inzu yanjye isa neza, naraguze amatungo yandi ndetse naranaguze umurima mugari."

"Lack of reliable job is the current challenge I am currently facing. I do casual jobs earning approximately $50 per month which caters for food only and my wife has no job she does domestic chores only. I have two children at school and they have a fees balance of $60 . This has made them on and out of school sometimes. Clearing this balance has been a challenge for me die to lack of reliable job."

"The cost of employing laborers to till and plant my field came to about $72. The weather hasn't been as healthy, but we're hopeful that it will soon be favorable for our crops. This is being grown in an effort to provide food for domestic consumption because the price of food right now is quite high. From the transfer, more than $50 was spent on food for my family of seven. All five of my children are at various levels of their schooling, and I gave $30 to the child who is currently in the university as a portion of her school fees."

"We would typically sell a goat or two to get money to buy seeds, hire casual labor, and meet other household necessities. I'm relieved that this time around, that didn't happen. The transfers made it easier for me to satisfy these demands, and as things stand right now, I still have all of my goats that would have otherwise been sold, and now will be useful in the future. For now, we have Givedirectly!"

"Over the past few weeks, we have been eating properly, and I have never gone to bed without taking anything. Due to the timely transfer from GiveDirectly, all of this was made possible. I was able to use it to purchase 90 kg of corn for our needs. In addition, I was able to sow some maize, which will guarantee food security for at least a few weeks following the harvest. Due to their present state, which is not so promising, one thing I know for sure is that God will soon provide a way and grant us rain."