"My expectation in the near future is to buy my own dairy cow for rearing. I am currently keeping my neighbor's cow since I do have any but it is my wish to get one. Having one's cow is one fulfilling thing because there is a pride and fulfillment that comes with it. The cow will help us cut down what we spent on milk and can even sell any extra for an income."

"My new goal is to build a spacious house that fits my family well back at home. The current one is small. I will love to see my family enjoy the new house that will even accommodate more things."

"It had been three years of struggling to pay school fees for my children and leaving my house incomplete. I had decided to prioritize my children's education since I knew that if they get a quality education, they would one day help me in completing this house if not building a new one for me. When I received my transfer, I was able to use it to finish the construction process. Even though I have not fixed doors for the rooms inside, window glasses and tiles, I am now happy since I believe that I will be living in this house soon. My joy is now complete since my children are doing well in school and I am almost completing building this house. Being able to continue with the construction work without failing to pay my children's school fees is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The moment I received the 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 around 4 am when I heard a message tone from my phone. When I reached out to check, it was a message confirming that I have received a sum of 55000 Kes from GiveDirectly. I could not sleep anymore, I woke up and pray because this was much blessing into my household. I knew from that point that my life would change to be better. My children were very happy when I inform them of the good news."

"I had not cleared my daughter's school fees for the year, so with part of the most recent transfer, I cleared the fee balance then spent the rest of the money on foodstuff and other household requirements."

"In the next six months, I hope I will have fully recovered and going back to work. I believe that by then I will have started poultry farming and that I meeting my daily family needs won't be a struggle anymore as will be selling eggs to earn some income."

"My expectation in the near future is to improve my house by expanding it. Before my spouse passed on, he wished to expand the house to accommodate his children and visitors whenever they visited. and I wish to accomplish this. This need came because our current house is quite small and I want to avoid a scenario where I have to take my visitors to a neighbors house whenever they visit. I also wish to also improve my farming practice by planting maize and hopefully they will do well. I want to have enough food and even extra to sell and minimize the amount of money that I spent on food."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have built a better and spacious house for my family. I depend on small scale farming to meet all my daily needs. I was not in a position to save some money to build a house. At times my children could help me to buy food and other needs. I used to live in a small mud house that could not host all my family comfortably. Whenever we had family meetings we were forced to do it outside and this was so embarrassing especially during the rainy seasons. I was also shy sometimes to welcome visitors to my house due to no space to host them. Currently, I have built a better house and I no longer feel shy to welcome anyone to my house. Whenever I have meetings we do it inside the house because of enough space. I am so much happy because I have a better and decent house for my family."

"My expectation in the near future is to have enough maize for consumption. I want to utilize my farm and ensure that I produce enough food that would take us through to the next harvesting season. This will reduce the huge expense that usually goes into the food. I also hope that my goats will have multiplied and that I can sell some in case I am faced with an emergency. Having this will help avoid a lot of necessary borrowing whenever the need arises. All these are aimed at being self-sufficient."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now happier than before. This is because I was able to clear paying school fees arrears for my children who had been sent back home without much struggle. As a result of this, I have been able to save some money from my business. I am intending to use these savings to pay school fees for my children next year. This will enable them to have enough time for their studies and this will enable them to improve on their performance."