"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to reduce my daily expenditure by far. This is because I was able to buy a sack of maize and a dairy cow that now gives me enough milk for our consumption. I am planning to spend the KES 1200 that I usually pay the milk vendor every month to pay school fees for my children and invest some in other projects. Apart from reducing my daily expenditure, I am hopeful that my wife will earn some income through the sale of milk once our cow reproduces. This will enable her to support me in buying some of her personal needs instead of always requesting for money."

"Receiving this money means proper education for my children and a new spacious house for my family of ten. Two of my children are in a boarding secondary school and the burden of paying all the school fees has been unbearable. I am planning to use 40,000KSH to pay the school fees. In addition to this, I am planning to construct a two bedroom house for my family at a cost of 50,000KES. The house will be spacious enough to shelter my entire family. The current house we live in is in a pathetic condition characterized by a leaking roof and unstable walls. This is risky in as far as our own security is concerned. Getting the new house will serve my family well and at the same time assure us of safety."

"I have desired to invest in livestock because this is the only way I can save my money to earn a profit when selling them after they multiply. I, therefore, intend to start with 10 goats that will cost me KES 30000 of my first transfer. I will further use the remaining amount of my first transfer to pay the school fees balance for my two daughters in Secondary school. With the second transfer, I will spend KES 40000 to buy 2 indegious dairy cows, the milk produced will be for both domestic consumption and sale. All proceeds will go towards my children's educational needs."

"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember it was around 10 am, I was taking care of the cows. I heard a ringtone message from my phone. I didn't expected any messages from anyone so I reluctantly check it. I could not even believe my eyes. It was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and overwhelmed with joy. I rushed home to inform my family members. Everyone celebrated the good news. I went and withdrew the money the same day and pay the school fees since my children were sent fome that time."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a heifer. When my heifer reproduce in the next few months I will be able to get enough milk for my family and even sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to meet other basic household needs including pay school fees for my children. I always buy milk from my neighbors and it's so costly for me. I depend on casual jobs in the village. The amount of money that I get through this casual jobs is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs of the family. I work in a quarry. This isn't paying well. Due to recurrent needs at home I had no extra money to save so that I can purchase a dairy cow.I has always wished to own a dairy cow but it was not possible. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly we decided with my spouse to purchase a dairy cow. This will cut the daily cost of buying milk daily which is so expensive. We will save the money that we could have used to buy milk to meet other basic household needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought two heifers. I had always wished to own a dairy cow but because I didn't had money it was not easy. I depend on small scale farming and I am a ECD teacher. The income that I get is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs including paying school fees for our children. I had no extra money to purchase a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me. When I received the transfer I felt so happy and we decided with my spouse to buy two heifers. When they reproduced in future we will have enough milk for my family and even sell the surplus to earn an income to meet other basic household needs and pay school fees. We are so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard. We live with a great hope that soon we gonna get milk for the family. GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"Receiving this money means continued education for my children. I will achieve this through livestock keeping.I plan to spend the first transfer to buy two indigenous cows and four goats.As they multiply I will sell at a profit and use the earnings to pay school fees, uniforms and stationary.The remaining amount will help me to add stock to my kiosk and cater for other basic needs such as food ."

"The biggest hardship that I faced in life is when I lost my mother then my father when I was young. When my mother left us, my dad remarried and life was very difficult when our step-mother was around. My dad saw it good to separate us for peace to prevail until he left us. Life has been challenging after my parents died. It's difficult getting money for food and also paying for my school fees. I sometime miss attending my classes so that I can look for menial jobs that I can earn money to buy food from. We have had no support from our step-mother."

"The challenge i face right now is, i don't have money to pay my children school fees."

"First i want to pay my children school fees and build a house for my family. Because the house my family live in right now is my late father house."