"My proudest achievement is taking very good care of my parents when they were still alive. By then, I was in the Army, and my biggest responsibility was making sure that my parents were well taken care of."

"My new goal is to cement my house so as to look decent because currently with the muddy nature, I have to smear it after sometime which is hectic."

"My new goal that I didn't have before receiving the transfers is to start a clothes selling business. This business will really boost my income and will enable me support my family without straining much."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have managed to purchase cattles which will help in ploughing my parcel of land."

"My life is different from the way it would be if I did not receive the money in that with the medication I managed to get better and I have already tilled my farm. Had I not got better I wouldn't have gotten the energy to work on my farm."

"I expect my life to change financially in the next six months because with these transfers I will no longer borrow money to buy maize seeds and thus will be independent in both crop poultry farming and there will be no more borrowing. In terms of food in the next six months there will be adequate food production.I am also planning to buy my first heifer in the by the end of six months."

"In the next six months my life will have improved."

"My life right now has so much joy and happiness because of Givedirectly. They are God sent."

"My life is currently different from the way it would be if I did not receive the money in that I have always wanted to own goats but my dream was to have around seven of them but now I'm encouraged to own more number of goats."

"I spent my third transfer on house construction materials in readiness for building a better house on our own compound as expected by Luo traditions and relocating. We have been planning to do this for some time but it has been difficult due to low finances."