"In the next six months, I would have bought two cows and with the saving which I will be making both from my salary and the transfer which I receive from GiveDirectly. I will actualize my dream a piece of land. This is where I will establish my home. I won't be bothering my mother with my family issues anymore."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my son a house and staying with his family comfortably."

"In the next six months l expect to continue using the nice latrine that I built using give directly's money."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving the money to achieve my dream of fencing my compound and I will be staying in a very secured home."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving to start cattle farming, at least have a back up that can help me incase of any emergency."

"Back then I had a grocery store within the village and it used to generate a reasonable income. Hell broke loose when people started taking commodities on credit. This destabilized the business and within no time, I closed it down. It marked the beginning of financial difficulties. As a result, I couldn't meet the needs of the family and even paying school fee was a problem. This was the biggest hardship in my life - I resorted to charcoal burning business, a venture which is so laborious and male-dominated. However, I defied the odds and this is where I've been earning an income, though, paltry, but it keeps me going. I was elated when I received the news and success stories of people who have already benefited from the program. It is indeed a sigh of relief and I intend to use my transfers in advancing the business and also in the improvement of our house."

"I am a subsistence farmer and what I get is only enough for consumption.This means that I have no surplus to sell inorder to get money.With the transfers from Give Directly I will buy one dairy cow which will cost me approximately Ksh 30,000.The milk I will get from the cow will earn me some money hence boosting my income.I have a child in Secondary school and the money I will be saving from the sale of milk will help me pay her school fees.I also have school fees arrears amounting to Ksh 5,000 which I am supposed to clear.For the second transfer I build a house.I currently have one small house made of grass while I have 8 children.We are too squeezed in it."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy livestock to replace the herd I lost in the 2016/2017 drought. I will however prefer to own more goats than cows this time round because they are drought resistant and reproduce faster. The livestock will enable me educate my children which is my biggest priority."

"My expectation in the next six month is to pay dowry for my wife and establish a homestead. Currently, I am living in my parent's homestead which limits me from doing several things. I can only make developments if I move in my own place. This is why I am planning to work extra hard so that by the next six months, I will be able to have achieved these two goals."

"Imagine living in the edge of a village with poor and impassable roads especially during rainy seasons. For a long time, my community has suffered marginalization from government services especially road network. Impassable roads during rainy season has become a huge impediment to our products reaching the market especially milk which is the major backbone to our livelihood. Since we cannot deliver them to the market ourselves we end up selling the products to middle men for a song. Moreover, school going children and teachers like me waste so much time getting to school via these roads, which takes a huge toll on performance."