"My life is different from how it was in that, I am now able to store my food well. My cows are also guaranteed to have enough food during dry seasons without fear of getting spoilt. This means they will become healthier and produce more milk. Apart from that, I also have no worries about our food because I built a new granary that will keep our grains safe. The cow feeds are safe as well."

"For sure, I do not know the best way to express my gratitude to GiveDirectly because I was not at peace at all having been trained to be a teacher. My expectation was to get a job but my certificate was withheld by the institution due to a fee arrears. I stayed for many months and because I didn't have the cash, I could not collect it on time, I could not apply for any job vacancy that came on my way. I thank GiveDirectly because it's through this money that I cleared my arrears and was issued my certificate, I can now apply for a job any time, which makes it to be the biggest difference in my daily life."

"My life is different from how it was in that, I was able to take care of my children's school fees and also took my son to a driving course without straining. This has enabled him to get jobs. Through this, he is able to support me in settling some of the household expenses. I also managed to invest in sugarcane plantation that I will benefit from in a few month's time."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have repossessed my two pieces of land that the money lenders had taken after I settling their debts. In addition, I have got most of the household items that I didn't have before(a carpet, plastic chairs, a blanket, new clothes) and a solar that lights my house. Prior to receiving this transfer, I didn't have enough money to buy those household items and pay off the debts I had."

"I am still living in a rental house just within my village because I do not have a house. I expect that in six months,I will have bought all the necessary construction materials to be able to build a house at home and move out of a rented place that costs me valuable amount each month. So far, I have purchase some of the materials and I hope that I will buy the rest soon. "

"Now that we have succeeded in building new and more spacious house, I hope that we will soon manage to plaster it so that I will not always have to struggle keeping the house in good shape through smearing."

"I have three children in Secondary school;two in day school and one in boarding school.Their school fees has been giving me sleepless nights.The money that I will receive will help me a great deal in clearing the arrears and paying for their first term fees come next year.I want to transfer one of the children to boarding school.All this will cost me not less than Ksh 50,000(500 USD).I also want to buy one dairy cow.This will boost my income since I will be able to sell milk.What I will save from the sale of milk will help me pay school fees.The cow will cost me approximately Ksh 20,000(200 USD) .I will also use part of the transfer to boost my subsistence farming by buying farm inputs like hybrid seeds to plant on my 1.5 acres of land."

"My life is different how it was before i received the transfer in that I am able to get enough produce from my farm and to the community and get money for my family up keep which was not the case before because I could not get enough because of lack of enough water. "

"I build a small shop by the road side at the edge of my piece of land.It's one year now and the shop is empty because I was left with no money to stock it.I am now glad because with the money from Give Directly I will be able to stock my shop and set the business on.I will invest Ksh 20,000(200 USD) on this business.My shop will be closer to the villagers hence they will be able to get some of the items they need at their convenience. My other plan is buying a dairy cow costing around Ksh 30,000(300 USD).I currently have one cow and I feel its time to add another since I have grown enough feeds to support one more cow.I sell 2 litres of milk in a day and my aim is buying a more improved breed so that I can be selling around 8 litres a day.This will translate to ksh 200 in a day.(2 USD) "

"Now that I did not get the opportunity to spend my transfers which were stolen, I have no expectations for the future because my life has not changed from what it previously was."