"It was a few minutes to 4 am when I received a message alert on my phone. I was woken up by the loud message alert tone and I decided to read and know its contents. After reading the message, my heart was filled with happiness as I had never received such an amount before."

"This project is going to end in the next four months and I believe by that time I will have cleared paying school fees for my child for the whole of the first term. This will mean a lot to me as I will get to focus on other farm activities which will enable me to earn some money and get food for the family."

"My expectation in the near future is to pay all the school fee arrears for my school-going children. Their education comes first among all my responsibilities. I also plan to increase the income-generating activities that will enable me to build a permanent house. I will start by renovating the house I am living in currently then buy a good television set. These will ensure that I have a good rest in a good home after a long day's work."

"Among the many plans which are currently on, I have great expectations that in the next six months, I will have completed the payment of the piece of land. Following that completion, I will immediately resort to the construction of a new house."

"My expectation in the near future is to ensure that my children are successful in their school and daily endeavors. Mine as a parent is to ensure that I pay the school fees on time and meet all their requirements. I l also expect to put a tea nursery that would help me plant an idle piece of land and the extra seedlings sold for an income. I want to be in a position where I do not have to overwork for me to earn and where."

"My expectation in the next six months is to have completed the construction of the new house I have been working on and also to have received my turn from the merry-go-round which will enable me to purchase a cow."

"I knew that GiveDirectly had sent me the money in the morning after I requested my son to check for me the message I had received the previous night. I became so happy after he informed me about the good news."

"Before GiveDirectly came to us, I did not own any livestock in my homestead, though to us these are valuable assets that one can own in our region. Currently, I am having 14 goats that I acquired through this support from them. Were it not for GiveDirectly, then I wouldn't be having them. I am rearing them so that as they reproduce and increase in number, I can sell in future and buy cows. Besides, these are assets that I can readily lean on incase of any financial need. It's also through this transfer that I was able to see a medical specialist and I was treated of a complication on my reproductive system. I am now well health wise, courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"My desire has been to start a business that would ensure that I get some income. When I received this financial support, I invested KES 32000 to buy sardines which I am supplying during market days. This to me has now become my main source of income which has helped me as a parent to fulfill our very basic necessities like providing daily foodstuffs for the family. I also own a cow, that I acquired through this transfer. I am expecting it to reproduce and benefit from the milk that this cow will be producing. In addition to all these, I also managed to purchase some building materials in order to construct a new house for my children. They have been seeking shelter at night in the neighborhood. I was not at peace at all seeing them in this situation . I am however grateful because currently, they no longer sleep in the neighborhood because they are now having their own house to shelter."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the walls of my house and to also reduce the dust on the floors, I will consider plastering the floor. I am hopeful that the savings I have will be enough to facilitate the whole process within a very short period of time."