"I don't intend to live in Nairobi forever, so with part of the money that I received, I decided to invest in something that will benefit me whenever I decide to relocate back to the village. I bought a dairy cow(Calf) which I know in a few years will be beneficial in terms of milk production which I will sell for income. I also paid my rent and sent some of the moeny to my brother in college for his upkeep."

"As we gear up towards the new year, I expect my business to do well, which means that I will be generating more money thereby being able to sort out my financial need without any stress."

"I have never received such amount of money in my life. This was was first so I had to try buying credit from my Mpesa account just to confirm if it was real and yes it was. I quickly prepared and left the house to go and purchase the items I needed for my barnershop I was extremly happy you could tell by the biug smile on my face."

"When I saw the text messages, I knew I had received money from GD but still did not believe that it was real. I decided to go to the nearest M-pesa shop to withdraw a small amount after which my balance would show me what exactly was in my account. When the balance read an amount I didn't have before,I was now sure this money was real."

"I expect to buy a cow and a goat that I will rear to get milk constantly. In addition to that, I will able to get more money when I re-sell them whenever I get broke."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be able to plan well and prioritize on what to buy that will sustain me for a longer time while in school. I also expect to reduce my parents burden of sedning me omoney for upkeep since GD has assumed that role very well."

"In the next six months, I expect my business would have picked and the returns will be much more than currently it is. My family will have enough food to eat and my children's school fees will no longer be a problem any more."

"I used part of my transfer to pay my rent, clear a debt I had borrowed from my table-banking group, buy foodstuff and saved the remaining amount. My plan was to start a business with part of that money,but that was not possible because after taking care of the most urgent needs,the remaining amount was not enough to purchase enough stock.For this reason,I decided to save it as I wait for the second transfer."

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I now have a television in my house. Before I received this transfer, I used to quarrel with my children every day because they would leave the house unattended to simply because they went to watch television at my neighbour's house. The neighbour too had accused them of stealing from his house whenever they went to watch. This really troubled me and took away my peace. In as much as I had other agent financial needs, I had to buy a television so that I could stop the constant struggle between me and my neighbour. I feel very proud because my children can nolonger bother my neighbour with watching especially when schools are closed like now."

"It was in the evening when I was storying with my neighbours when I heard the phone beep. I never considered it important and went on with the story until one of my friends told me to attend to the phone. When I checked the phone, I was shocked and could not believe my eyes. They thought something was wrong and I had to step out to recollect myself. When I told them of what had happened, they too checked their phones since they are also GD recipients. It was a moment of joy for me."