"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of enough money, which has deprived me from some basic needs like food."

"I intend to construct a new house with this money."

"According to me, recieving this money will mean buying livestock and renovating my house hence improving my living standards."

"By the end of the six months, I shall have bought the livestock for rearing. My family's future will be secure as we can sell the livestock when faced with any financial difficulty. We can get milk to consume so that we can get nourished."

"I expect to have bought the building materials and plastered my house which will look beautiful. I also would love to organize a remembrance mass for my late husband. And for this, I would have to buy the cow that will be slaughtered for the visitors and also buy some foodstuff. I will be able to fulfil this by saving the transfers over that period of time."

"For the past 14years that I have been married, I have not been able to bear children due to an unknown medical condition that I suffer from. Since I have no money, seeking for proper diagnosis has remained a dream yet my greatest wish is to be a mother. Therefore, with this money, I will prioritize seeking for medical help with the first transfer. With the second part, I plan to invest roughly ksh.20,000 in my poultry keeping business that has dwindled greatly due to lack of money to build them a decent shelter buy feeds and even vaccines. "

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received these transfers because I have been able to complete the construction on my house that was being developed after receiving my first transfers. Having a decent house such as this was always a dream since the little money I could got out of my daily causal income went straight to pay my children's school fees and other household expenditures. Lastly, my life is at peace because I'm no longer stressed like I used to on how I shall complete paying school arrears for my children. Today they are rarely sent back at home and this gives them ample time to study. Their performance have improved tremendously for the past four terms as well because of the timely settled school fees ."

"My expectation in the near future is to be self-sufficient in my farming activities. I want to reduce and finally do away with doing casual jobs in order to concentrate on my own farm. I want to ensure that I am able to comfortably meet my family's basic needs."

"It was early in the morning after waking up when I decided to request my son to check for me the contents of the messages I received at night. When he informed me that GiveDirectly had sent the promised money, my heart was filled with happiness. This was majorly contributed by the fact that I would be able to buy enough food for my family."

"My expectation in the near future is to build my mother a new house. The one she currently stays in currently is an old grass-thatched house that has leaks during rainy seasons. The condition of this house worsens each day especially now that twe are in a rainy season. Now that I am of age to noew take care of my mother, this is one way of ensuring that she is comfortable and that she is not exposed to cold and other diseases."