"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be supporting my sons family in footing some bills like buying food. I will also be strong despite my old age due to eating well."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have planted more tea seedlings. I will be able to achieve this through the use of my transfer. This will make me earn money on monthly basis which I will be able to use them to support my family."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have planted the two thousand tea seedlings in my farm. This will have given me hope that I will be able to educate my children well without much struggle. "

"I feel so happy and empowerd to approach life with much dignity and self-esteem. I bought a dairy cow that is soon calving and hopefully will provide me with milk and ghee. This will improve on my food security and nutrition. I intend to sell the surplus which will add on my cash flow. This will enable me pay timely school fees with ease. My children will no longer be sent home as before when they used to miss lessons and exams due to lack of school fees. I also bought a water tank that I would like to harvest and store rain water. I hope this will save me from the daily budget for water during dry season and instead divert the money to buy food for my family members. As a subsistence farmer, I managed to plough a piece of land that I have already planted maize and beans, this will improve on my food security and the money I initially used to buy food can be saved and channelled to future plan of constructing a better house. Thanks to GiveDirectly that has enabled me to meet the goals of my life which I really longed for but could not manage any due to lack of steady and reliable income."

"I look forward to a bumper harvest from my farm. I planted my crops at the right time and used a fertilizer that has made my crops very healthy. My production this crop season will go up. This will give me a better income from selling the products."

"I expect my life to change drastically in the next six months. This is because I will be running my own grocery business. Accordingly, I will be getting more income that can be utilized to finance other family projects. Still, I will no longer be handling the tedious casual work. Subsequently, I will be more confident that I can comfortably supprot my children as they pursue their studies. Moreover, I will be enjoying higher self-esteem and respect from my family and the entire community because of my responsibility and hard-work in supporting my family as a single mother."

"I expect to buy enough food for my family in the next six months. I will have had a good harvest form the investment I made recently using these transfers."

"In the next six months, I expect to have built a new house. I have a small house which is so squeezed and cannot even allow me to add more furniture and other household items. I will be having a bigger house whereby my children can have their separate room for keeping their belongings and spending their night. I also expect to buy more stock to boost my business so that it earns me more income to continue improving my living standards."

"The carpentry business that I run is much better. I bought my own equipment using the transfers. Earlier on, I used to borrow equipment which was really inconveniencing me. I travel wide and far in this business. My business wasn't doing well because of this. I now have my own pieces of equipment and am more efficient in my work. It is evident with the increase in the number of proceeds. I meet my family's need much easier and also have extra income to save."

"I was still sleeping at a around 3.00 am when was woken up by a message ring tone on my phone, on checking it, it was an Mpesa message. I was so overwhelmed and excited on seeing the receipt of the Give Directly's money. I immediately woke my daughter up to share the good news with her. We were not able to hide our joy as we danced all the way till dawn."