"Receiving this money means owning oxen that will be support for ploughing gardens. This will make vroo cultivation simple and hence food security can be realized at the household."

"I expect my life to change this is because, in the next six months, I hope the shop business will be up and running. This will help meet the household expenditure and other needs like school. With the money earned from the taxi business, I can increase my savings and even invest more in other ventures to help expand our revenue base as a family."

"I expect my life to change in that I shall have bought my own piece of land after receiving my merry go round contributions. This will give me an opportunity to build a home for my children as well as do my own investments that will change our living standards as a family."

"My life will be different in the next six months in that I will be having my own garage. My goal is to use the transfers to buy equipment with part of my monthly transfers so that I may have my own garage. The idea of registering for a mechanic course was to start my own garage since we do not have many in my area. I know I will manage to achieve my goal since I have never missed any transfer and GD has never failed to send the transfers. When I will have started the business, I know I will have a stable source of income so that I may be able to sustain my family needs and provide well. I would not want to go through the struggle I have gone through in the past."

"In the next six months, I am hopeful I will have started the project of expanding my house. As it is currently, I cannot store my farm harvest because it is small. I am planning to put an extension that will allow me to store all my harvest and other properties well."

"I spent part of my first transfer to buy a dairy cow. Dairy keeping is one of the most cherished economic activity in this area since the climate in here is favourable for dairy farming. I did not have a reliable dairy cow that would help me meet the daily needs and improve the economic status of my family. this was because the little that I got from my casual jobs was just enough to meet the daily needs and had none to save up and realize this goal even in future. I was able to use part of the transfer as well to start a poultry keeping business. Poultry keeping has been a business idea that I have been habouring for sometime now. This is so because it is one of the most viable business ideas that would turn around the living standards of my family and I. As it stands, very few people are operating this kind of my business in my village and I would get a ready market for my eggs from within and around the village."

"I spent my transfer on paying for medication for my child was sick and admitted in the hospital. I did not have any money at that time and yet the bill was growing and I wanted to reduce the bill so that when it is time to be discharged, I don't have to much to pay. The transfers have been helpful here though his condition is not improving yet I have managed to get quality treatment because I have been servicing my bills."

"My life is different because I have intensified my farming. I get more from my farming initiative because I put more money into maize farming. I leased more land that is now doing well with maize on it. I also bought a dairy cow from which I sell milk for consumption and also for sale. Income from the two ventures is higher than ever before in my life. I am so grateful that I became among the beneficiaries. Without GiveDireclty, I would still be relying on doing menial jobs on a daily basis in order to feed my family."

"I spent most of my transfer on electricity connection in my house and used the remaining amount to pay school fee for my child. So many people in my village had had their houses connected to the national grid system through the last mile connectivity program but we had been left out of that program. On receiving this transfer, we made a decision to connect our home to the grid system. We are now a proud family that we are going to have electricity in our home and run away from other costly sources of energy. With this electricity my primary school kids will also have a chance to pursue their education without much difficulties since they can now be sure to do their homeworks uninterrupted."

"I can still vividly remember just like yesterday at around 6: 30 when I was preparing my children for school. My phone rang continuously, I then decided to check who it could be. After checking I confirmed it was an mpesa message from GiveDirectly. They had finally debited my first transfer as promised. I was overwhelmed with joy I wish you could see how I reacted."