"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I will have bought the dairy cow that I have always desired to own. After accomplishing the dream of owning a dairy cow then I can think of building a new house that will host my family in the coming days. This, I know shall come to pass with the assistance from GiveDirectly transfers and other investments made with the same."

"I was woken up by a message notification in a phone early in the morning. When I checked who the sender was, I found out it was from Give Directly informing me that the first transfers had been sent to my account. I was filled with joy and I could not contain my self after getting the good news. We organized a small celebration with my family later that morning. We really felt like inviting one of the agents from this organization but later thought that by using it well and having something to show at the end of it all is what will make them feel proud."

"In the next six months of my life, I expect to have raised enough money to expand my business. Currently, I am already getting profits from the business that I recently started. I intend to continue saving the monthly in come I normally get from Give Directly and add to the profits I get from this business. I believe the total amount will be enough to open another branch in a different village. If all goes well I believe I will soon be a millionaire. I will be able to help my parents and siblings and our community at large."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed plastering my house and staying in it comfortably without worrying of it fall down."

"Education has been my key desire that i can invest to my children. This aspiration has been faced with many challenges that has forced my elder son to venture into brick making despite having attained a mean grade of a B- (minus) in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. Since I have no reliable source of income to support my second son in school, I am forced to supply firewood at the school so that, his fee is deducted from my pay. With my first priority being education, receiving this money means achieving my life goal by paying school fee for my son. Since my husband is still energetic, he will use part of the transfers to invest in livestock business in order to have a reliable source of income that will support my son's education and other family needs. Hence, this is what receiving this money means to me."

"Being a widow, old and with no reliable source of income, I am excited owing to the fact that, receiving these transfers from Givedirectly will going to change my life for the better. My life desire has been to live in an iron roofed house something that has never come to reality. Since I majorly depend on my son who is doing casual jobs within the village, his earnings can not sustain our needs and this has led to a miserable life. I plan to use my first transfer in building a good house for myself and also to buy ten goats to start livestock keeping. The remaining transfer will aid in livestock business for my son in order to have a reliable source of income. Therefore, this is basically what receiving this money means to me."

"The transfer has enabled me to buy a pair of oxen which I did not have. I used to hire from neighbors during the planting season which was costly to me. I am glad that the pair of oxen will relieve me the cost of hiring instead, I will be hiring to others at a fee thus earning an income. To me, Owning this pair of oxen is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I received the message notification early in the morning. On checking to confirm who the sender was, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received my first transfer in my Mpesa account. I was filled with happiness and I rejoiced with my family as we planned on what to spend the transfer on."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months is that, I will have trained for a saloon course and I know that when I finish this, I will have my two business up and running. I expect to later open several branches of this Salon in different towns. I believe that this business will grow big and help many young girls in our village."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have built a kitchen. My children will have a humble time to do their studies because they will have nothing to distract them like the smoke which is normally emitted from the fireplace in a stuffy house. The kitchen will serve many purposes, apart from being the cooking area, it will also serve as a store. The endless problems such as being choked by the smoke and risking of contracting respiratory diseases as a result of cooking in a stuffy room will eventually come to an end."