"At the moment I am grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me and my family to see the success of the plans we had right from the enrollment. I feel much satisfied with all that I have done after a huge investment in livestock and the construction of a new house. I don't have any new goal at the moment but working hard to see the progress in rearing the dairy cow I have to ensure a plenty production of milk in the future." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life now is that I am now able to provide all the things I need for my daily life like food, medicine etc." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"First thing I did was to appreciate God for Give Directly family. I used my first cash in buying a motorcycle for business propose to enable me take care of my many needs. I can safely say that because of Give Directly, I now have a business of my own. All thanks to Give Directly for helping me."

"GiveDirectly does well by helping the less privileged in society. Everybody in our village is very grateful and they are singing praises of how the money has helped them to raise their stands of living. Once I invest the money I have saved I will be financially stable and be able" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Yes, I want to focus fully on my business. I spent the first transfer to purchase a motorcycle. I am now using the motorcycle in ferrying clients from one place to another and in turn, earn a living from that. I also want to buy a dairy cow. I want my wife to start selling milk in the market. This will again be a project that will earn us money. I also want to complete building a house that I had started a long time ago and stopped due to financial problems."

"I spent KES 18,000 to purchase a heifer. I always buy milk daily and this is so costly for me since I do not have a continuous source of income. When it reproduce in the next few months I will cut the daily cost. I deposited KES 15,000 and bought a motorcycle on hire purchase. I pay an installment of KES 2,000 pee month. My son is the one operating motorcycle taxi business. This earns me some income daily. I paid school fees for my children in primary school. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my children. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard."

"I was on a motorcycle and I was heading to the nearest town when I heard my phone ringing in my pocket. I didn't bother to check it because I thought it was an SMS from my network service provider. It is when I alighted in town that I decided to check my phone. I could not believe my eyes when I saw that it was an SMS saying that I had received the KES 55000 that GiveDirectly had promised us. I was so happy that I immediately called my wife to inform her of the good news. She was so thrilled too and we thanked God for everything."

"The purchase of a piece of land in the neighboring county has given me joy in the past 6 months.I was able to buy a piece of land from the savings accrued from my motorcycle services and some additional loans. This makes me happy because I foresee a good harvest that will enhance food security in my family and more revenue ." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have a plan to construct a shop and start a business. This is what I had planned to do before I got my second transfer. I was however not able to fulfill the plan because I, unfortunately, got involved with my brother in a motorcycle accident and hence I spent the whole of the second transfer on medical expenses. I have a motorcycle that I bought with my first transfer. I hence usually do the business of transporting people and goods from one place to another. Having recovered, I plan to continue with the motorcycle business and raise money for starting the shop business. This business is what I had always wanted to do but I was not in a position to start it due to a lack of money. I used to work as a security guard at Nairobi but I had to leave the job because I fell ill and hence I came back home. The money that I used to make it at the time, most of it used to go to the payment of school fees for my brother who was in college."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now happier and with a peace of mind because I am about to have my own house, unlike before when I used to sleep in a borrowed one. I am so happy." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)