"I thank GiveDirectly for their financial support. I had lived a stressful life since I felt I was not in a position to support my family. I had nothing to own as assets in my homestead and the scarce resources could not allow me to acquire any. Having a dairy cow and clearing for my child's school fees to me is a great change in my life. I am the happiest person now since I believe that once my dairy cow will be calving soon and it will increase in number. I am assured that I will be able to sell the offsprings in the future to support my family's needs and any financial need arising such as educating my children. I will soon have milk for both sales and household consumption thus will have some money to save unlike now where I only spend."

"My new good is to start a second business. I want to start selling sweets and ice cream. It seems to be a lucrative business and the trick that I want to use is to start selling in schools around the neighborhood after asking for permission from the headteachers."

"I spent my transfer on boosting my cloth business by adding more stock. The business was going down and it has been my main source of income since I started receiving these transfers. I feared very soon I will lose the business. This is why I chose to boost the business so that I can enhance the profits which are my main source of income. Right now, the business is doing well and the fear of losing the business is no more because of GD transfers."

"My new goal is to start a business. This has been my dream and I know that I can never go wrong in doing business. I am planning to use the profit to pursue a hairdressing and beauty course which will also supplement my income in the future."

"My new goal, for now, is to buy new household items. The ones I have are old and are not showing a good picture. I do struggle to invite my friends to visit me because of the old stuff I have in the house. The seats are weak and cushions are worn out. Utensils too are old and some broken. I do not feel comfortable using them anymore."

"Currently, my only goal is to continue saving for the business. I am on the right track and my goal is to have a stable business. I know through the business I will be able to earn a good income from the profits. As a result, I will be able to provide for my family well from the enhanced profits."

"When we finally have the kitchen structure in place then life will become easy because we will not have to be preparing meals in the house and keep on choking on smoke emitted from the cooking place."

"I expect to have two sheep in my compound."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now a happy person. This is because I have been able to start building a spacious house which can accommodate us comfortably. Also, we can be able to enjoy our privacy at any time when it comes to completion. I am also happy because my children were able to continue with their education and sat for their end year examinations. Had it not have been for GiveDirectly, this would not have been possible and they would have to repeat their current classes next year."

"in the next six months, I expect to see our goal to purchase a cow having completed. According to our budget, out of a total of 49000 KES which we will both be receiving, we will be using a total of 40000 KES to purchase the dairy cow. We are grateful for the support from GiveDIrectly."