"I want to learn a bit of mechanics engineering within the next few months so that I can start my own motorcycle repairing garage and I know I will be able to make a lot of cash by starting such a business prospect."

"Recieving this money means I will be able to complete my house and buy some animals which can help me to plough."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life has been hardship in getting money to sustain myself and also lack of land to cultivate."

"I have always wanted to be a watermelon farmer but it has not been easy for me to do so due to the heavy investment it requires including a water source. These transfers come at a better time because I will be able to buy seeds and prepare land for the watermelons. At the same time I will invest on water tanks for water harvesting which I will use in irrigating the farm. This business will provide me with profits that I can use in paying school fees for my children. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is food insecurity for my family following heavy rains which swept away my farms last year.We have no cereals in the stores and this forces us to sleep hungry because even the water vending business run by my husband in Mombasa can not generate enough money to enable us buy adequate food. This year,we are already starring at drought and this makes us fearful that the situation may worsen in future."

"I don't always switch off my phone at night, as I was sleeping I was woken up by a vibration from the phone. I reluctantly reached the phone and to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, knelt to thank God for the miracle and also to ask God to bless GiveDirectly abundantly so that they can continue helping the needy."

"I expect my life to change because once I have increased the stock capacity of business so that the income capacity goes up."

"I expect to have a change in my life by being self-reliant and self-employed by starting a small scale business of selling second hand clothes and also starting a boutique because I know it generates a lot of income."

"I expect a change in my life because in the near future I will have bought a cow that I will rear within my compound and later use it as a source of milk so that I will not have to buy milk from vendors."

"I expect my life to change in the near future because my plan is to buy iron sheets that I will use to build my own house away from my father in-laws compound where I currently live in and the main reason for doing that will be to stay away from the politics of relatives where I currently stay."