"I spent my second transfer to buy a bull that I will use to work on my farm and I also bought a cow to give me milk to sell and consume. I then saved the remaining amount for future use."

"I spent my second transfer on buying a cow at 11,000 KES and invested the rest of the money in my rice farm (1.4 acres)by buying fertilizers ,paying wages for those who help in planting and weeding of the rice.Hopefully i will have a good harvest this season."

"I spent my second transfer on purchasing a television so that I can watch and get acquainted with the things that are happening within and even far of places,bought a dairy cow hoping to get milk that I can drink and sell to get money and spent most of the transfer on paying school fees for my child who is in high school."

"The biggest difference I can mention in my daily life after receiving transfers from Give Directly can be quantified in terms of assets. I have a cow, which I never had before and this is an investment that appreciates daily. I expect it to reproduce and apart from this, I can always sell it back at a higher price if need be. My value appreciates more tremendously."

"I spent my second transfer on buying a cow.I also paid college fees for my daughter and an orphan I have and bought food."

"I spent my second transfer on building a much spacious house than the previous one which was much smaller for my family,i also bought a cow which has since given birth and is providing me with milk that i sell for money to acquire other needs."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent 35000 KES on a cow and cemented the floor of my main house with the remaining amount. I had been dreaming of milking a cow and I am now happy that I can now milk and supplier milk in my village at a fee, and since I plastered the floor of my main house, I don't need to waste more time cleaning it."

"I spent my second transfer on building an iron roofed house because I had a leaking and small one.I also bought a cow used in my co-wife's funeral."

"I spent my second transfer on buying a cow,an oxen,sheep and wired electricity into my home with the remaining money.My children are able to study and do their homework at anytime after dusk without worrying about exhausting the available paraffin which was rather expensive."

"I spent my second transfer on purchasing food to sustain the family,paid school fees,gave my mother inlaw some amount,purchased decent clothes for the family members and spent most of the transfer on cows that my husband used in the dowry payment."