"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a better and bigger room for my grown up daughters to sleep.They currently sleep in the kitchen and most of the time it is quite congested.I have always wanted to build them a better room so that they can also have space to study at night.With this money ,I will also buy one dairy cow to add to the two I have .This will increase my income from sale of milk and in turn help with meeting some of the needs that my family has."

"Receiving this money will enable me to finally complete my house.I built a one bedroom wooden house but due to financial constraints I was not able to plaster the floors.This is an opportunity to complete this so that I can focus on other things.I have also been keeping two cows belonging to a relative because I do not have one of my own.Therefore ,I will use half of the transfer to buy one dairy cow as a means of investing it."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a heifer. I have been buying milk from my neighbors and it has been so costly. I do casual jobs in the village to earn an income and the amount of money I get from these jobs is so small and cannot cater to all the basic for the family. I have always wanted to buy a cow but because of little income, it was not an easy task for me. I am so happy because I have owned my own cow and I know in the next few months I will not be buying milk when my heifer reproduces. I will be in a position to cut the cost of buying milk and save some amount to pay school fees for my children in school. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has given me hope to work hard knowing that my future will be smart."

"There is a big difference in my life because I have started the construction of an iron roofed which makes me happy. I had a dream of building such a house but it was not coming to pass because I did not have enough money. I thank GiveDirectly for sending me this money."

"I felt so happy the moment I received my first transfer because I had never received such amount of money before in my entire life. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message from my phone. On checking the content of the message, it was a confirmation message from GiveDirectly that I had received a sum of 55000 KES. My family was so happy because we knew our plans would be accomplished. The following morning we budgeted with my spouse on how to spend the money and agreed on our lists of priority."

"My expectation is to keep the discipline of paying the monthly premiums to the insurance promptly and ensure that the money that I would have otherwise sent to the insurance company for the life policy is invested well. I also expect that once I am done paying these premiums, then I can improve my business using these transfers."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I would be having an additional source of income from my poultry farming business. I would be in a position to provide financial support to my family with a lot of ease."

"I am planning to have established a sustainable source of income in the next six months through cattle rearing. I believe I would have both two goats and cows which will reproduce and increase in number. Through the sale of their offsprings, I will be able to sustain my self without taking loans or selling my most valuable assets"

"I'm planning to use the coming transfers to plaster my house so, in the next six months, I believe I'll have plastered the house. With the plastering, the house will be more decent and stable since the walls won't be washed off by the rains."

"I have acquired most of the needed materials that will be used for constructing an iron roofed housed. The builders are currently on higher demand, but the construction worker will start anytime. When my house is complete, I will be relieved from the burden of renovating my hut yearly given the scarcity of grass in our community. Secondly I bought a cow that I believe will help me settle future needs and produce milk. Prior to receiving this transfers, I didn't have hope of constructing an iron roofed house and acquiring a cow because the money I got was mainly spent on buying foodstuffs and house hold items."