"With the transfers from GiveDirectly, I was able to expand my dairy project by buying a heifer worth KES 25000. I believe that it will be calving soon and my family will get enough milk for our consumption and sale to earn an income. I will be using this money to pay for my children's education and to meet some of our basic needs. Also, I have been able to build a decent house for my family. We had been living in a grass thatched house with weak walls and leaking roofs. Because of this, our beddings would at times get soaked in rainwater whenever it rained when no one was at home. Having achieved all this makes my life different from how it would have been had I not received the transfers."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have bought a dairy cow and paid for the initiation ceremony for my two sons."

"My business is to supply sweets to shops near my area of residence which I boosted with part of my most recent transfer by adding more stock. I spent what I had left on foodstuff and other household requirements."

"My life is currently different in that I live a better life because I have a dairy cow. I [produce milk that has improved my children's health. They consume part of the milk and sell the rest in order to buy other household necessities, mainly foodstuffs. Initially, I would not find milk to buy as all my neighbors preseed selling all their milk to a processing plant rather than individuals like me. They do so because of better prices at the processing plant. I am now part of them reaping from the high prices."

"I expect my life to change in the next four months in that I will have bought a dairy cow and I will have enough milk for my family and sell the surplus to earn an income to meet other additional needs for the family."

"In the next six months, I am hoping to have started the shop and it will be up and running. I am also hopeful that the poultry project will have kicked. These two projects will see our livelihoods change for the better."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have to build a better house and paid school fees for my children."

"I have always used most of my transfers to pay my daughter's school fees so that she can always stay in school full time without having the disruptions of being sent away for delaying in paying her school fees. I have no new goals in my life as I would like to continue spending them in a similar manner to keep her in school."

"My life is different than it would have been if never I received the transfer in that I have built a house and bought a dairy cow. I depend on casual jobs in the village and the small amount that I get is only enough for the basic needs. It could have taken me years to save enough to build a house."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because I have built a house. We used to live in a small house with my family and I had always wished to build a better one but because I did not have money it was so hard for me. Currently, we lived in a decent and spacious house."