"Before receiving GD transfers, I supplied porridge in the nearby shopping centre. This was because I could not afford to rent a place to set up the business, so it was easy making the porridge in my house then supplying it to my customers. Now that I have another business which I started using GD transfers, I want to rent a small business place where I will be selling the clothes and making porridge. I will not stop supplying it to those who cannot make it to my shop, but I will also have a place for my customers who can come around to sit. Having them come around will also be a marketing strategy for the clothes."

"Before I started receiving money from GD, I had no source of income of my own and had to join my husband at his small hotel business which did not have a lot of customers by then. On most days of the week, I would opt to stay in the house because I would be idle at the hotel anyway. So when I received money from GD, I was able to start my own second-hand clothes business where I now have an income of my own and have something to keep me busy."

"I expect my life to change over the next six months in that I shall improved my poultry keeping project. I just started this project recently and I have not been able to reap any profits from it. I want to use the monthly transfers to improve on the stock, build a poultry house and buy feeds for the chicken. This project shall definitely bring forth a difference in my life and be a gateway to initiating other new and bigger projects."

"Previously I had to work on someone's farm in order to put food on the table. Whatever I earned from it couldn't be enough to feed the family so I was forced to cross over to rift valley province which is neighbouring us to work for them in order to get a good amount of money to meet the family's needs. I'm happy this is not the case anymore because currently, I have a business which I started with the second transfer. I'm glad the business is doing so well and my living standards have improved."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. I am an epleptic case. I take medicine every day but some times the drugs get finished and I don't have money to buy more. No one helps me in this. At times I am forced to do casual labour to atleased raise some money that can support me."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy some cows that can reproduce and take care of future evetualities and provide the education needs of my children. "

"About twenty years ago during a rapid spread of malaria, I self medicated and ended up taking an overdose of quinine. I was knocked unconscious and fell into the fire in my hut. My right hand sustained serious burns leading to amputation of my four fingers leaving me with the thumb. This ordeal condemned me to more than a decade of monthly check ups and costly medication. Moreover, it hampered my efforts to undertake any meaningful activity in my farm and it was only until last year that I started working, according to the doctor's approval. My limb has damned me to poverty for such a long time and I feel this is the biggest hardship I've faced in my life."

"Receiving this money means that I will plaster my house because rats can enter and start digging holes in the floor. The balance of the money I will use it to purchase oxen. Right now we cannot dig a big portion in the garden because we use hand hoes and this has made us not to have enough food in the house."

"Lack of capital to start a business has been the biggest hardship i have faced. It has always been my wish to join my friends who engage in a business entailing buying livestock and selling them at a higher price but financial constraints has made it difficult to achieve this dream. I have seen most of my friends making a higher profit through the business and so when i get my first transfer i won't hessitate joining them in the same."

"I expect my daily life to have changed in that I will be having the financial strength to meet my needs. Egg production is one of the very important income sources that I will be enjoying because of the aid that GiveDirectly gives me. I am determined to make it a long lasting project so that I benefit from it beyond the end of the transfer period."