"I have always wished to be a dairy farmer.I have two cows for now but the piece of land for grazing is small.I am therefore planning to buy a small piece of land where I will expand my livestock farming."

"Comfortable life is something that has been my long time desire but this has never come through due to financial instability. Being a widow with all responsibilities to provide for the family, I face more challenges ever since my hands can not support doing heavy jobs. I am forced to depend on my daughter who is doing house work at Mombasa and her earnings are never enough to support our family needs. Receiving this money means providing capital for my daughter to start a second hand clothes business in order to have a reliable source of income. I also plan to construct a good house for myself because the one I have is just braving the dangers of strong winds in our area."

"I am a widow, unlearned and a mother to six children. This means that, I am the only bread winner for the family, something that forces me to venture into tedious jobs which drain my energy yet they pay very little. With everything I earn spent on food, my children's education has been affected negatively since in most cases, they are always at home due to school fee areas.Therefore, lack of reliable source of income is my biggest hardship."

"In the next six months, I expect to have joined the university and concentrate on my studies so that I can become a better person in the future."

"I felt very happy the moment I received the transfer. I have been doing casual jobs and never at one point had I ever received such a lump-sum amount of money. My phone had been off the whole night, the moment I switched it on in the morning I realized there was a message informing me that transfers had been sent to me. The first person I called to share the good news was my husband. He reminded me to be calm and reflect on the previous goals that we had agreed to pursue. I could actually not contain my joy when I learned about the good news."

"My expectation in the next few months is to ensure that I have more sheep for rearing. I want to buy more sheep and once they reproduce and have a good number, I will be able to sell them and get a good amount of money that I am able to do a bigger project like building or improving my house. I also want to have improved my poultry project so that its able to help as another source of income by selling the eggs produced."

"My house collapsed two years ago and since then I have not been able to build a new one. My family lives under a structure that almost resembles a chicken pen. To make it worse, it cannot accommodate the eight of us forcing my eldest daughter to spend her nights at a neighbour's house. This has reduced us to the laughing stock in the village, as people keep on insulting us and branding my husband to be a very irresponsible man. As if this is not enough, the structure has no door thus threatening our security. I get into endless fights with my neighbours because their goats keep on pouring my flour and water, commodities that are currently very expensive to afford. Besides, my children's health has really been affected and they all suffer from persistent dry cough which is as a result of inhaling too much dust. GiveDirectly has come as a savior who will restore our dignity because I will construct a bigger and better house for my family. In addition to this, l will start a small business and quit my charcoal job which is labor intensive."

"With the new grocery business that we are planning to set up in the next few months, I expect to be more financially stable in the next six months. The business will be an extra source of income for my family even when my motorcycle taxi business doesn't provide enough for the day."

"I hope that in the next six months, I will have bought enough construction materials to construct a new kitchen. I currently have an old one that might collapse any moment and I hope that will change soon. Other than serving as a cooking area, the new kitchen will also serve as a sleeping area for some of my grandchildren who are all currently sleeping in one room despite being of different gender."

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I was able to own cows which I have been my dream for three years now. It has been my dream because I knew most of my financial problems will be solved by this kind of investment. I know I will keep the cows and later sell then in time of other financial needs so that I do not struggle to get money. I thank GD because I am also considered rich in my community. This is not how I expected it to be. Thank GD."