"In the next six months, I expect my life to have slightly changed in that I will have completed my current semester. I will be happy since I will be on track to achieve my big dream of graduating in the future hence will start earning better income in future life."

"In the next six months, I expect to have raised enough money to start off my child's school fee payment at the University. With my current plans to also venture in Agriculture, I expect to see it picked in the next six months since I will be operating on the subsistence farming and the surplus will be sold to earn us some income."

"On my usual day, I wake up at around 6:00 am, and report to work. I go look for a cart to go collect garbage with and work untill 10:00 am. I go back to our group hall and help out where I can, if I do not get work to do, I go home take a shower and leave to go hustle at Huruma, at the matatu stage as a reliver of other drivers who have been working since morning. I work till 3:00 pm and I go back to our group hall. I train some children football once they are out of school, after that I take them to the library to read and when I am done I take some piano lessons at a friends house. Later, I go back home, take my dinner and retire to bed. I rarely have free time since I am always hustling but when I am not working, I play the piano and record my songs."

"On my usual day, I wake up early in the morning at around 5:00 am, I take a shower, prepare myself and my children, we take our breakfast and leave as I take them to school. After dropping them off at school I go to our Hall, Pirates Hall at Mlango kubwa do some cleaning at the library and after I am done I report to work, I work as a garbage collector with the Sonko resue team till 4:00pm. I go back home, find my children are back from school, I wash their uniforms, prepare dinner and after we have had our dinner, I take some time chatting with my friends on whatsapp and later I take my rest. In my free time, I clean my house and clothes, afterwards I relax or go out to visit my friends."

"Since our merry-go-round is still on, I still hold a lot of expectations as far as how I will be spending GiveDirectly 's money is concerned. In six month's time, I expect to have purchased the second heifer which is coming after receiving the second turn from the group. A total of KES 12000 is contributed in total and I am pretty sure that my goal will be accomplished. What this means is that soon when the heifer's calf's then I will have plenty of milk for domestic use. Again, I will have more surplus milk to sell and therefore our livelihoods will have improved because I will be having a constant supply of milk."

"My first priority is to open a boutique shop where I will be able to sell second hand clothes. I noticed that people in Mathare have to go all the way to Gikomba market to buy clothes. I will provide the service of bring clothes nearer to them,they will save on transport money and I will get an income in return. I will grow financially and be able to provide for my family's needs. Secondly, I will build two houses in my rural area using this transfer. My mother and I both stay in Mathare and we barely go to the rural area. I personally do not have a house, while my mothers house is temporary and has holes in it. I fear visiting my rural home because I do not have a place for my family to stay. Lastly, I will use the money to boost my business of selling sweets. I want to expand it by opening a small shop, add more stock of snacks as well as selling season fruits like bananas and oranges. The income I get from this business, I will use it to renovate my house in upcountry."

"Having a pair of oxen to me is the biggest difference in my daily life. I never thought that I would one day use oxen in my farming since owning one has always proved to be expensive to me, and I could not buy them on my own. I did not have money. GiveDirectly gave me power by sending me money. It has enabled me to get an assurance of increasing the acreage of my arable land so that I will be able to harvest abundant yields. Consequently, I will be ensured of food security in my family. Additionally, I will be hiring them to my neighbours during the planting season so as to earn me an extra income."

"Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was earning a daily income of KES 1000 from my restaurant that I operate in my village. Ever since I received this transfer, my daily income has risen to KES 2800, because the transfer has enabled me to buy enough stock to run my restaurant. To me, earning a better profit from the restaurant business is the biggest difference in my daily life, for it has enabled me to meet my daily basic needs and other household needs with less struggle."

"The ice cream business isn't doing so well especially due to the cold weather and this has led to a reduction in sales. I ended up getting very little profit which isn't able to take care of my family needs. I, therefore, have a new goal of saving some money so that I can start clothes business. I plan to sell sweaters and leather jackets in particular since that is what most people may need considering the cold weather at the moment"

"In the next six months, I want to save the money so that I may be able to buy a laptop which I really need to handle school homework. Right now, I have to beg from my parents and in most cases, I have failed to do my work in time because I do not have a laptop."