"I do not have a new goal at the moment. I still want to focus on building my dream home back home. I know that once I indulge in other activities, I may end up postponing the construction process. I am so determined to reach this goal. I am willing to leave everything to ensure the building process continues."

"I received the transfer notification early in that morning. Upon checking what it was all about, I realized that Give Directly had sent me KES 55000 in my Mpesa account. Honestly, I could not believe it at first that I had that much in my account. I felt happy. I even cancelled all plans for that day and decided to celebrate the good news with my family."

"I received a message early that morning when I was already on my farm weeding my plants. I curiously checked to see who could have sent me a message and to my surprise, I had received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I felt happy and immediately broke the news to my family and we rejoiced together for the financial support."

"I have been depending on a small business of selling and buying livestock. This job earns me a profit of 10dollars per week and I normal use 100dollars to run it. My wish have been to expand it but I have not fulfilled this desire due insufficient finances. Receiving this money means a big boost to my business since I am planning to invest $550 which will assure me a profit increase from $10 to $ 50 profit per week. This will be transform our life for the better since I will be able cater for the needs of my family of 8 members easily."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to expand my house so my children can have a place to sleep rather than borrowing shelter at the neighbors' houses every night. I prefer them close to me for security purposes especially now that it is festive season and there are many night discos. With the balance, I will invest in livestock, 2 indigenous cows @20000 shillings each and 5 goats @2000 each. "

"It has been the trend that every household is moving from the old grass thatched houses to modern and decent one. I have wished to construct a nice house for my family like other in the village but I have not accomplished this desire due to inadequate financial resources. Currently, I am living in an incomplete grassy thatched roofed house which is about to collapse. I am planning to spend 300 dollars in building a specious iron-roofed house something that will earn me the respect I have lost for long. Also, I will use the remaining amount to purchase 10 goats that will act as my future investment for the family."

"My life is different from how it would have been in case Give Directly never came to my life. Through their help, I was able to pay my daughter's university fee with ease. I do not know where I could have gotten the money to enroll my child at the university. The headache had gone once I received the transfers because I knew that I was able to settle everything including paying her rent. She is now having an easy time at the university. Owning a second cow is also one of my achievements. I bought a cow and this asset will help me in case an emergency arises."

"I was married with the hope of living a better life with my family but this has never been the case to me. I have missed the happiness that I thought I could have and this is as a result of being a dependant to my husband who is a casual labourer. His earnings are low and he has failed to support in meeting some basic needs like a decent house for the family something that has eaten away my joy. With the grant gift that I am about to receive from GiveDirectly, I plan to spend utmost 300 dollars on house construction. This will place my family in a better living standards, a situation that will restore my dignity. My other plan is to buy a portion of land that I can make a farm and this will cost me an estimated amount of $200. This will mean a better version of my life, a transformation that I have long wished."

"Losing my husband was such a big blow to my family. This reduced me to the sole breadwinner of 7 children. Since then life has never been easy because I do not have a stable income. During his life, we used to share the responsibility and life was a bit better. Currently I cannot meet all my children's needs. This has made it difficult to even give them a decent shelter."

"To have a decent shelter has been my direst need for a very long time. I am not comfortable in my current house because it is too small to accommodate my family of 10. This has forced 3 of my children to seek shelter in our relatives' houses. This situation is quite stressful since I fear for their security at night. I also feel that they might get exposed to immoral behaviour since I cannot monitor them closely. In addition to being small, the house is also in a very poor condition. The walls are almost collapsing and the roof is leaking making it more life threatening. I will therefore use part of this transfer to construct a better house to save my family the agony of poor housing."