"At the moment, I have a new goal to expand the current livestock farming I have been running. After buying a dairy cow with the second transfer, I expect an increase in milk production from my cows. This project will ensure an uncomplicated payment of school fees for my children all through."

"Both transfers have been a great transformation in my household. I had planned a lot that I needed to do and I am glad that I finally accomplished it before exhausting both transfers. Even though paying school fees for my five children is a pressing and recurring bill, I have faith that the two cows I bought will multiply and I can sell them later on to pay school fees."

"Return the money in to farming, 3 millions seeds onion maize, a cow 1 1 / 2 million for millk"

"Am planning on buying land down slope where I can restart off my life and not be able to go to Kenya to still work as a labourer there. I have not yet found a place to buy yet but will start looking for one immediately I recieve the money. Am also planning on spending about $416 on purchasing a cow that can produce milk and also be my security incase I will be needing money, I can easily se it off."

"This cash transfer means a lot to me because I will be able to achieve many things in my life and family. I plan to buy a cow at $405 which will help me get milk out of it for my children and myself hence improving our diet. I will also buy land in a safer place at $540 to settle there with my family, since I have been struggling with school fees, I will use part of the cash transfer to pay school fees for my 3 school going children at $135. I will also buy some assorted food stuffs for my family at a cost of $270. I plan to start a business of buying and selling onions with $540. This will totally help me improve on my standards of living."

"I would like spend these transfers mainly in coming up with an income generating project. I have always admired poultry keeping and I doubt if my wife and children would have left me if I had such an activity to keep them busy as they make money. I believe that will be a turning point that will make her reconsider coming back to live with me. The kitchen building also has since gotten old and it's almost falling because the posts are too old and rotten. It will be fair enough to build a new one since I am anticipating my wife's return. For the children's nutritional support also I would like to buy a cow that we shall be milking. It will be hard to buy milk and other food stuff with my little income."

"The transfers from GiveDirectly allowed me to buy 2 male cows and 4 goats(2 kids and 2 fully grown). It found us at a time when both myself and my father had been ailing and part of the funds went towards our medical expenses. With the bulk of the balance, I built a 2 bedroom house, with an attached verandah. My wife, whom I had married whilst she had a daughter in Garde 5 had left, and with my income as a boda boda rider ferrying people and making between KES. 200 and KES. 400 a day, the most I could cater for was school fees for our two other kids, which constitutes KES. 150 for each, per month at Mikamini School. I am currently in the process to bring my wife back home and these funds will and have continued to play a big role in allowing me to care for myself and my kids as best as I can, while still focusing on bringing their mom home. GiveDirectly has been a blessing to me in more ways than I can mention."

"Owning my own little bit of Kenya has always been a desire of mine. GiveDirectly transfers allowed me to fulfill my dream. I was able to locate and secure a nice tract of land, thanks to the funds from GiveDirectly. My husband sells livestock at Bamba Market. Cows, goats and sheep are his speciality. Needless to say, we would have taken centuries before we had saved up enough to buy land on our own. GiveDirectly bridged that gap in spectacular fashion. The remainder mainly went to paying fee for my 4 kids who are in school. I have one in Grade 5, 4, 3 and 2, while my eldest just finished class 8, and my youngest is only 3 and yet to start school next year. The two eldest are in Mamba Primary, where I pay KES. 500 , while the other two are in Miungu wa Mawe Primary School , where I pay KES. 250, each. With the funds, I also went ahead to pay the farm hand who assists on our farm. We grow maize , cassava and the likes, mainly for our use for for sale also if there's surplus. GiveDirectly truly came in when we needed them to and helped us achieve our goals."

"The transfers from GiveDirectly were primarily used to build my 2 bedroom house, out of corrugated iron sheets. As a father of 10 and a farmer, along side my wife, the impact that these funds had on our life was phenomenal. I now have 30 goats, 5 of whom I purchased thanks to GiveDirectly cash transfers. I got 4 females and 1 male, in an attempt to grow my flock even father via breeding. My wife helps out with all the cattle, including the 12 cows she milks, and sells to the local shop as fresh produce. The cows, goats and 5 acre land, were far from adequate to educate, feed and house my family, needless to say, we were struggling before GiveDirectly came to our rescue. My eldest in form 2, needing KES. 10, 000 per term at Midoina Secondary School, my second and third born children tie in form 1 at Magogo Boys School and pay KES. 35,000 per term each, my fourth to eighth are in Midoina in Grades 6, 4, 3, PP1 & PP2 respectively and need. KES. 1,200 each for the first 3 and KES. 800 each for the later 2, with the youngest 2 are 2 years and 3 weeks, to cover tuition, we would have been unable to sustain our expenditure, seeing as even the maize we grow we have to use for sustenance, since money is so tight. Give Directly allowed us to hold our heads up high, plan and progress as a household. We are forever indebted."

"I intended to cut the high cost of buying milk by buying a cow and more livestock. This project will help in the event of a future emergency because their reproduction will help pay school fees and other household bills."