"As the head of my home, seeing my children sleeping in a hallway on the floor is so heartbreaking. I sell palmoil for a living. The business was going good at first. With the economy now a days business is moving slow.Things have been a bit difficult for my family. I always wanted to build a house but have not been able due to the lack of money. Its a privilege to be enrolled on the GiveDirectly program. I was overwhelmed when I received my transfer. Yes! My new goal is to buy a motorcycle for business.I want my family to have a comfortable place to stay. With that my children will be healthy and our lives will be better."

"No! I don't have any new goals. I am a poor man. I have suffered in life. Things were so hard on me. I took a motorcycle on loan to run as commercial bike. I run and pay the loan weekly. I was astonished when I got enrolled in the GiveDirectly cash program. My goal has always been to build a house. I am going to stick to my old goal till I accomplish it. I'm grateful. After this program my life will improve."

"I dropped out of school. I am a 10th grade student. Because of financial constraint, I couldn't continue my education. With this transfer, I have decided to process everything for my school. Next period, I will resume classes. I also used some of my money to buy znic to recodition my house by removing the thatch. In the next three years, it is my wish to enroll in university. The process is being made possible my the help of GiveDirectly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"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 day I received my transfer was a joyous one for me, because there are things that I wanted to do for myself but didn't have the money to. When GD came here and told us that they were sending us transfer and surely did, I was really excited." (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."

"Yes, I wanted to finish building my house. I had started building a wooden house with my first transfer. Unfortunately, I was not able to complete the construction of the house. I want to use the second transfer to complete it." (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."