"When Givedirect came in this town, I was riding some one else motorcycle. And when the first money came, I told my spouse that, I needed my own motorcycle since we are getting support from Givedirect. Because of the plan,we been keeping more than half of the money each time, we received transfer"

"We bought building materials for the house and other related items and keep some of the money for labor payment" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I had a goal which was to buy a motorcycle for business with my third transfer."

"The new goal that I have in life is to purchase a piece of land so that I can relocate from my current village. I live in a region where some people are jealous when others make a progress in life and it has always been my dream to improve our living standards. I offer taxi services using my motorcycle and I am planning to start saving some money daily. I will later use this savings to achieve this goal after selling a heifer once my dairy cow calves." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"With my transfer, I bought zinc, cement to build a new house and I use the rest of the money to pay my daughter's tuition at school." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am usually receiving cash transfer from Givedirectly monthly according to schedule given me. Their Staffs aways following up to make sure that I received transfer. I have not heard of anything that Givedirectly didn't do well in this village. Thanks to Givedirectly for taking me from one level to another." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am Momoh freeman from Gomai town, Bomi County Liberia. Before receiving my third cash transfer I planned to save the money on my mobile account in order to wait for my last cash transfer to buy a new Mortor bike for business purpose." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"No, I don't have a new house goal. I'm still working on my old planned by reenforcing my business to save money and buy motorcycle."

"My husband took away the phone from me and he went and withdrew all the money on his own. He then planned on his own how to spend it without involving me. He spent part of the recent transfer money on buying a motorcycle and the rest of it he opened a shop business with it. We managed to plan together when we got the first transfer but I do not know what happened when the second transfer was sent. He suddenly turned wild and he beat me up and took the phone with him. He then burnt the phone and he brought another wife. I had to leave with the children."

"I am an agribusiness woman and a mother of five; three boys and two girls. I majorly focus on maize and sukuma wiki farming to feed my family. On the other hand, to pay school fees, I have been relying on my husband who works as a motorcycle taxi. In addition, we have also been investing in a savings group. Recently, GiveDirectly transfers came, I spent KES 5000 on school fees payment for my daughter in high school. I also spent KES7500 on a goat and it's a young one. And right now the mother goat has given birth to twins and I can't be grateful. I also spent KES 1100 on three chicken layers as a quick income source majorly for household expenditures. Lastly, KES 8000 was spent on a cupboard for the storage of my valuable items and accessories. KES 4800 was used on one and a half bags of maize to ensure the availability of adequate food for my family. Then the rest of KES 5000 was used on the latest clothing fashion." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)