"In the next six months, I expect to see my productivity in farming rise since I currently have a half an acre of spring onions on my farm. Subsistence farming seems to be the easiest way of making money in our village since most of the short season crops are really doing well - the reason why I have capitalize on farming."

"Receiving this money means that I will renovate my house. The house I am living in is leaking and this makes me and the family stay a wake whenever it rains at night. The balance of the money will be used to purchase oxen for ploughing. Right now, I hire oxen and they are expensive."

"My new goal is expand the bulb business in the nearby hardware which we have a partnership between my friend and I so that we can be able to get more profits. At the moment, customers are adding up every day due to the availability of items they need which motivates me every single day."

"My life is currently different from how it was in that, I have ownership of a cow. I did not have one before. Today, I maximize the morning hours by selling milk. After that, I have time to take care of my farm activities. This is way better than before where I could concentrate on casual work almost the whole day to fend for my family."

"I spent the larger part of my recent transfer to save 2500 KES in my Mpesa account . I intending to start a new business . I believe having this business will give me an opportunity to increase my income to a level that I won't strain much for the provision of basic needs. I bought food stuffs with the remaining amount ."

"I spent the larger part of my most recent transfer to restock my cloth vending business. Starting this business with GiveDirectly's transfer was the best thing I thought of and I would never wish it to collapse hence stocking it helps alot in doubling my profits. I bought food for my family's consumption with the remaining amount."

"The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is the joy and peace of mind that came when I had the means to start a business and meet most of my basic needs. The most touching one is seeing my children put on decent clothes. They used to be laughed at and I always felt embarrassed. I had failed them as a parent and their self-esteem was being bruised. I feel good because they are now embraced by their friends and they look happy. In addition to that, I also managed to initiate a poultry project. This will help me generate more income from the sale of eggs"

"My life is different from how it was in that, I was able to take care of my children's school fees with ease hence they were not sent home due to fee arrears. Before then, I had stress thinking of ways to offset their fee balances. I had planned to lease land in order to settle their school fees from the farm proceeds which I would have planted on the small piece of land. I finally bought cows once again after selling some to pay school fees for my children."

"To own a cafe business has been my biggest ambition for a very long time. I used to help one of my friends in this business and I feel I have enough experience to operate my own. The motive behind this idea is to supplement our income since I depend mostly on my spouse. Therefore, receiving this transfer means putting this dream to reality. In addition to this, I will start goat rearing. Investing in these animals will make it easy to generate finances for more straining needs like school fees."

"The biggest hardship faced in life is where to get enough money to acquire oxen, start an income generating activity like a small business to support family livelihood, especially school fees, hospital bills and feeding. "