"Running a motorcycle tazi business of my own is the greatest difference in my daily life. I had been working got there's for far too long. I had been making money for my employer that he would save KES 300 per day. I have decided to be saving the same amount for myself on a daily basis. I see this as a big step as having been saving about KES 9000 per month part from the money that I spent on the household's daily needs. This has made my life so good so my family gets their daily needs and I save for a better future for my children."

"I have for a long time dreamt of getting a small piece of land where I can build and live. Only that this required quite some amount of money to actualize that. I had tried doing various casual jobs but one can never make enough to buy a piece of land. When I got the transfers from GiveDirectly, I knew this was an answered prayer. I bought a small piece of land and some building materials. I am so glad and excited that in the coming months, once I get enough materials to build a house, I will soon be living in my own place. This is a dream come true!"

"My additional goal in life is to build a house for my family so that I will not be spending on rent again. This will also enable me to develop more since I will have reduced my expenditure. I will be using the returns from my business to achieve this."

"I expect to have increased my savings in my merry go round group. Since schools have been suspended, I will be adding the money that I would have used on fees and school supplies for my child into the merry go round group. This way I will be saving double the money that I have been saving in the past up to the time when the coronavirus pandemic will have subsided. I will have more savings in the next six months that I have ever had in any equal period of time."

"In the next six months, I will be having a dairy cow on my farm. I will buy a dairy cow using the money I have been saving in a merry ground in my village. This way, I will have acquired a source of milk to use in the school that I run. I will have reduced the money I would incur from buying milk for daily use. I have over 160 students in the school and the feeding program would otherwise every expansive. This will even increase the benefits I get from my business."

"My house' roof was dilapidated and leaking during rains because I couldn't replace it with new iron sheets for many years. However, when I received this money, I managed to buy new iron sheets, timber and nails for the renovation of my house. It would have taken me years to accomplish this had it not been the support from GiveDirectly. My house is currently in a stable state, courtesy of GiveDirectly. I am now at peace even when it rains, which is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I spent KES 49000 of my first transfer on purchasing livestock which include a pair of oxen and five goats. I chose to buy these livestock because with the pair of oxen, it will aid me in my farming. I am rearing the goats so that as they reproduce, I will be having some assets to lean on in case of any financial need. I spent the remaining amount to pay for my children's school fees for them to comfortably continue with their studies without any interruptions."

"I received a message early in the morning and because I couldn't comprehend the contents, I waited for daybreak and called my helper who confirmed to me that I had received my first transfer from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with happiness on hearing this even as I began my day and thanked them for helping me to realise my financial goals."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the construction of the house and I also expect the cost of living to be much more affordable for me considering that I will have more poultry chicken to take care and meet my needs as a family."

"In the next six months, I want to have a small business such as a retail shop business which will help sustain my family need well for the future. I cannot depend on farming as my main source of income for long because very soon I will grow old and will not be able to work on my farm as I do now. I would want to have an income-generating activity which I can carry out even in my old age. This is why I want to begin small with a retail shop business which I will be boosting on every month as I continue receiving my transfers so that by the time the transfers stop, I will have a stable source of income to help me meet my family needs."