"Receiving this money means I will fulfill my desire of owning a retail shop in the village. Most people hailing from my village are forced to travel to the nearest town to purchase basic household commodities like maize flour, wheat flour, cooking oil among others. Setting up my shop in the village means I will tap all these customers and make handsone profits. The profits from the retail shop will help my family in meeting basic needs and at the same time my husband will be able to use the money to cater for his school fees."

"Receiving this money means food security to my family of 8. I planning to spend 40,000 shillings to purchase a pair of oxen and a plow which is going to enable me to cultivate more acres, especially during rainy seasons. Presently, I only concentrate on digging 1 acre because I depend on local tools which are tiresome and not effective enough for digging a large piece of land. By doing this I believe that the land will produce more harvest and have enough food for my family which can last for a year. Also, I can hire them to cultivate people's land and earn at least 2000 shillings per acre which will be a source of income. Other than that, I am going to spend the remaining amount to expand my business and seek proper medication from referral hospitals."

"Receiving this money means building a house. I have been staying in my brother's house who leaves in town for 8 years with fear that anytime he may kick me out of it.This is after I came back from my matrimonial home and failed to construct mine due to financial instability. I am planning to spend 60,000 shillings to construct a spacious house so that we can leave comfortable with a lot of confidence. Other than that, I will spend the remaining amount to clear all the fees arrears of my 2 children who are in secondary because they have been in and out of school due to balances."

"Two years ago, my mother-in-law was sick for two consecutive years and I was the one taking care of her. Seeing her in pain for that amount of time is something that will stay with me for a long time. We visited several hospitals, Tenwek included, trying to save her life but it was all in vain. We spent more than ksh 200000 that we are still paying upto date."

"My life is different now because I planted beans on a 2-acre piece of land, which I am hopeful that in 3 months it will be ready for harvesting, I believe that I will earn an income out of it and at the same time my children will also have sufficient food, The heifer that I bought will also supply us an adequate surplus of milk, all this is possible because of the transfer that I had received from GiveDirectly, unlike before where I did not have a reliable source of income because I used to depend on a casual job to earn a living but it was not guaranteed. I am grateful for the support that I got from GiveDirectly."

"When I received my transfer, I bought building materials which includes iron sheets, because I plan to build a house for my family, the house that I live in now is a small grass Thatched house, I also used part of the transfer to start a poultry farming project."

"I was at home doing my daily house chores when I saw a message notifying me that I had received Ksh 55000/= that GiveDirectly had promised us.I showed my husband the message and he equally was so happy."

"My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me. I do not have a continuous source of income, I depend on small scale farming to earn an income through the sales of my farm produce. I had always wished to own a dairy cow but it was not possible. The I received the second transfer I found it wise to invest on dairy farming. I am so grateful because I no longer buy milk. I save the money that I could have used to buy milk to spend on shopping for my family. GiveDirectly has enabled me to achieve this goal."

"Receiving this money means that I can finally start a small business , selling maize within my location. I have always dreamed of owning a grains store because it has a lot of profits given that everyone buys maize for consumption. I did not have enough capital to start the business because the keys 200 I get from working as a casual labourer is only enough for food. I plan to spend about Kes 10,000 to establish it. As I run this, I will also buy livestock at about Kes 60,000, that will earn me an income from selling eggs, from the poultry, and milk from a dairy cow."

"We used to live in May forest and after we were evicted last year, I had to request one of my relatives to give us one of his house since he was not living in it. My transfer came in handy as I was able to spend KES 40,000 from it to purchase a piece of land. We settled on this as a family so that we would have a land to call our own. Using the remaining amount, I bought some timber to use in building a house for my family in our newly acquired land."