"In the next six months, I expect to have improved on my tea farming and my poultry will have multiplied in number. My revenue will have increased as well and this will be the start of the life I have dreamt of."

"Hawking business has been my main source of income for the past year. Before then, I used to rely on casual work for survival. All the same, the income from the two ways has not been very helpful and my life has never changed financially. I knew the only way to change my financial life is to have a good business. Before I get the business, I got GD transfers which has really changed my financial life, in as much as the difference is not big enough but I don't borrow anymore, I have some amount which I have saved and generally, I have increased income because of the transfers. I know my life will be much better when I get a good business."

"Since I only relied on a small income from casual work of garbage collection in my area and other small cleaning jobs, I did not have much income. I had so many personal goals which I could not achieve with my small income. I had desired to have a business but due to low income, it only remained to be a dream. When I started receiving these transfers from GD, my eyes were open and I knew finally my dream will come true. I had to wait for the transfers which I have been saving part to help me buy business equipment to start the business."

"I expect to have acquired more assets from the calving of my cows. I am going to be able to pay school fees for my children from selling milk and in case of extreme cases, sell some of the cows. I will be having a daily income that will ease my life so much."

"I expect to have fully furnished my home in the next six months. I will have completed building the house by then and hopefully saved enough money to buy the necessary furniture to start with. All in all I will have achieved my greatest dream of living in my homestead."

"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I shall have already ventured into dairy farming. This is a project that has been so dear to me but I have been accumulating money to make sure that I have enough to enable me practice zero grazing. I already have cows that I keep but my plan is to erect a dairy shed as well as improve these local breeds by selling some and using artificial insemination to improve further. I am looking forward to having started in the next six months."

"I remember vividly receiving a message early that morning. I had to wait for daybreak so that I could call my helper to read the contents of the message. I was very happy when I realized that GiveDirectly had sent me my transfer. I just started planning and cancelling some plans just to reach on concrete plans that I was going to accomplish."

"The moment when you received your money I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message notification on my phone. I felt so happy when I checked it. I immediately informed my spouse who also celebrated a lot. I knew from that very morning that I will buy a daily cow to cut the cost of buying milk."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message notification on my phone, little did I know that it was from GiveDirectly. We really celebrated with my family. I knew from that point that I will be able to pay school fees for my children in secondary."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I was able to start my personal butchery business that now generates income to support my family needs. Before I used to work for my brother in the same business and I would have little money to support most my family."