"In the next six months l expect to have started saving money from my farming and spend the money to start buying mechanical tools."

"Supporting education for my children adequately has been the biggest hardship i face. I run a posho mill business which is not that stable due to shortage of cereals (maize)that i normally sell to my clients, thus my business earns me less compared to the needs of my family. My spouse on the other hand works in a tea plantation in a nearby county and his monthly wages of ksh 3500 all goes to buying food and other basic needs for the family. We have Three children studying in secondary school and one in the university and their education fee is too expensive something that has pushed us to sell our livestock and some piece of land to fully support their education."

"Having two children in secondary school and no source of income for their fees has been the biggest hardship I have faced.I fully depend on my 0.3 acre piece of land to produce enough to feed my family as well as raise fees.This has often been impossible due to changing weather conditions and maize (main crop) diseases.I have therefore had to organize for a fundraiser within our village to help with the fees and most times very little is raised because people here hardly have an extra coin to contribute.Everyone has their own struggles too."

"My life is different from how it was in that, I have managed to buy a few chicken and cows. These were some of the dreams that sounded impossible before I started receiving transfers from Give Directly. I feel proud of owning them because almost everyone in our village has them, therefore, I will cease being the odd one out. I also feel good because cows are always considered to be very important assets"

"My life is different from how it was in that, I was able to built a house and this saved me from selling my cow to build it. This was an old house and grass-thatched which had to be repaired most of the time which was hectic. I feel good living in a decent house which is well furnished."

"A decent house for my family is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, I am living in a leaking, grass-thatched house which is about to collapse. The transfers I am about to receive will revive my joy because am planning, to construct a good one. Part of the transfers will aid in paying hospital bills for my husband who has been ailing from chest problem for about one year now."

"I shall have saved and bought more stock to boost my business to improve on income generation for the family. I would have also plastered my house by then and I would have a very beautiful house that will be the envy of the whole village."

"I intend to use this money to build a bettee house and buy livestock."

"I plan to construct a permanent house with this money."

"When I recieve this money, I intend to use it for renovating my house, paying my children's fees and start up a business for myself."