"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of money to facilitate our basic needs."

"My life is different than it would have been if I had not recieved the transfer in that I am now living a life free of stress. My life is peaceful as I know that my children are in school and I am building for them."

"My new goal is to add a second stall for a second hand clothes business, alongside this one that I currently have. I hope to own two or more stalls for second hand clothes in future so I can increase my income."

"My new goal is to collect vegetables directly from the farms that are mainly outside Nairobi county, and to deliver them in Nairobi at the Marikiti market. I will do this by hiring a lorry that can collect this vegetables in large amounts at a wholesale price, and deliver the products here in Nairobi county, where I will sell at a good price and make really good profit."

"In the next six months I expect to have a plastered floor. At the moment my floor has a lot of holes which makes it look really bad. I am too old and sickly that I cannot smear it with cow dung as I used to. Plastering my floor with cement will make it look beautiful and also a long term solution from frequent smearing."

"I expect my life to change positively in the next six months as a result of the increase in my income. I am projecting to have an increase in the number of my domestic fowls. I will, therefore, be able to sell eggs and some chicken to increase my earning. Lastly, I expect to concentrate on poultry farming and thereafter resign from my casual job and become self-independent."

"In the next six months, I expect to have diversified my income generating activities. I expect to have more income from my poultry project, more yields from my farm and start dairy farming."

"I expect to buy more chicken to boost my poultry farming. I currently keep local chicken which will soon start to hatch chicks and I believe in the next six months, I will have over fifty chicken from which I will be able to get more income."

"In the next six months, I expect to be fully self employed. I am looking forward to be fully engaged in my farming activities such as doing horticultural farming and rearing my livestock for commercial purposes and for local consumption as well."

"I received the notification early in the morning as I was milking the cows. I heard a message ringtone from my phone and on checking to confirm, it was from GiveDirectly notifying me that I have received my first transfer. I was happier than before. For sure, I would be able to buy my own cows. This alone brought joy into my life for the dream of owning my own cows would finally come true."