"I had a business of buying and selling second-hand clothes but it collapsed after some time because I had used all my profits to cater for my needs without bothering to boost it. It has always been my dream to revive this but I have not been able to due to of lack of money. Since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly, I have been able to save some money on a monthly basis which I am aiming to use it to achieve this. At the moment, being able to save some money to use in reviving my business is so far the biggest difference I have experienced in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly."

"Financial constraint is the biggest hardship that I face in life. Due to my poor health ever since I started experiencing the excruciating stomach pains and also hurt my right eye,I have not been active enough to engage in any income generating activities. This has forced my husband to be the sole bread winner but his income is hardly enough. What he earns can not pay for my medical examinations and treatment let alone meet other household expenses like buying food consistently. I see the frustration and helplessness in his eyes every time he sees me going through the painful episodes yet he is not able to help in relieving my pain. In order to make the situation bearable for him because I know he really tries his best,I try to put on a brave face for his sake but it is not easy."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I have started saving some money towards the fulfilment of my dream unlike before. This has made me have a peace of mind since I now believe that I will be owning a business in the next two months."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I now own a business which I did not have before. Before Givedirectly came for enrolment, I used to depend on selling water to different people. This was always tiresome and the income was little and it could not cater for all my needs. Owning this business has now enabled me to meet my family needs on time even though it is still not so stable."

"I would have never managed to managed to plant the two acres of sugarcane like I already did because it is so expensive and I do not think I could afford that amount. Planting one acre of land alone could cost around thirty thousand shillings which is quite an amount."

"My life is different in that I have acquired household items such as seats and utensils that I did not have in the past. I am happy since I no longer borrow seats from my neighbor whenever I have visitors. I have also acquired a piece of land using my transfers. I was living in a small piece of land and it was not enough to do farming and at times I was forced to lease land from other people. This was expensive and it is my joy since I no longer lease the land and I can now save the money that I could have used in leasing the land and use to meet other family basic needs. I also have a spacious house that accommodate all my family members comfortably."

"My goal now that I have started receiving the money is to open a saloon business because I have a passion for braiding. I will equip my shop with other ladies stuffs so that it will be like a saloon as well as a cosmetic shop. With this, I will be self-employed and my child will not be lacking his needs since I will be having a stable source of income. I will be using this income to support myself, invest more in the business and in my child's education."

"I am sure that once I am done with the construction process I will come up with another idea of what I want to achieve but for now my main focus remains to be the construction of the house. This is what i want to concentrate on and make sure that I do it to the best of my ability."

"I will generate more profits from my business from time to time based on the extent in which the business will be expanding.The more the business expands the more cash I will be generating from it. I believe that I will not lack money to keep my family afloat like I have lacked in the past."

"I will buy a water pump and expand the portion of the farm where I will be planting the vegetables and the main reason for doing this is to enable me get more harvest than what I have been getting so far. I want to turn into a large scale farmer and be the main supplier in this locality."