"This year has me really thrilled because I want to establish a business where I can sell motorbike spare parts. To do this, I'll be saving up the money from each transfer. Additionally, I want to invest the money by purchasing goats and chickens to help me financially in the future. Last but not least, as it has been a constant struggle for my family and I, nutrition is unquestionably a priority."

"My main objective for the money I would receive this year is to start a chicken farming business that will help me provide for my family. Additionally, I intend to utilize this money to assist my parents in covering the tuition costs for my eight siblings. Since they already struggle to make ends meet, they will require financial assistance"

"This year, paying my four children's tuition is my top priority because I want them to continue their education uninterrupted. I therefore intend to pay off whatever debt I may have with their schools with the money I will receive this year. In addition, I want to spend the money on food since the drought makes it difficult for my family and I to get enough to eat. Finally, I also hope that the money will enable me to invest in a couple of goats."

"This year, I want to use the money to buy myself a few farm animals as an investment in my future. I want to make investments in goats and chickens so that someday they can help me out financially when the program is through. Nutrition is unquestionably my second concern, as we are currently undergoing a famine that has caused us to starve . Since my health has been declining over the years, I also intend to use the money to take care of myself."

"I want to buy myself a few farm animals, ideally goats, with a significant amount of the transfers I will receive. In the future, if I have financial difficulties, I hope that my investment in a few goats will be able to assist me. As a result of the bad harvest brought on by the drought, I also want to spend the money for food because it is a constant issue for us."

"I have goals for this year. I'm hoping that the money I'll get over the coming months will allow me to finish building my house. I'll use the funds to purchase further building supplies, including bricks, lumber, and any other tools I'll require. Additionally, I will use some of the funds to purchase food because, as I previously indicated, the drought makes it a constant hardship for us."

"As I previously stated, my objective for this year is to invest in my farm by purchasing a few farm animals, especially goats and chickens because they are less expensive. Due to the ongoing difficulty with nutrition, I also plan to utilize the funds for it."

"Before the transfers, I never had cows before as I had no source of income. I used the transfers to buy female cows for kshs 35,000. This is for milk production for my family's consumption and sale. I do casual work to earn a living and most of the time the pay is too little to cater for my basic needs, I do top it up with the money from selling milk and this has enabled me to take care of other basic needs like food, clothing and kids school fees. I used the remaining part of the transfers to buy a piece of three-seater furniture. I used to fear hosting friends and relatives as I never had enough seats for them, but my self-esteem has improved since I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly."

"I intend to start a clothing business. My friend called and asked if I would help him sell his clothes so that I could start my own clothing store a year later. After I have accumulated some savings from selling his clothes."

"The main challenge we are facing is that we don't have enough land for agriculture and because of that when we grow food crops we don't produce enough, hence the insufficient food at home. It's a challenge because we don't have any other alternative means like salary job that gives us money so that we can buy food stuffs at the market. We often eat one meal per day like 4 days a week. You understand that it's not easy. The other challenge is that we don't have any livestocks being small or cattle so that we can get manure to use in our agriculture activities. When you have livestocks at least you have a support because when you have a emergency of needing money, you can sell it and get the money to resolve the problem but for our case we don't have any and that is where the big issue is."