"I have been making and trading on cooking pots within my vicinity and nearby open-air markets. As such, receiving this money means that I shall expand my business by making more pots and venturing into larger markets. Eventually, I shall enjoy a higher standard of living owing to an anticipated increase in my household income. As a single lady without any other source of income or people to depend on, I will greatly thank GiveDirectly for empowering me."

"The biggest hardship we have faced is the lack of school fees for our children. We have two who are at the secondary level and four others at the primary level. Our source of income is the profit my husband gets from trading sheep and goats, monthly he can get around 5,000 shillings as profit. This is supposed now to cater for school fees whereby annually around 30,000 shillings is required plus other schools necessities. Since it has not been enough our children are at home due to arrears." (Occupation: Small business)

"My household majorly depends on motorcycle taxi business operated by my husband. We are happy to have this source of income even though it is not a stable and it doesn't earn us enough to gather for our needs and savings. To me receiving this money means a change in life. I am planning to spend much of it on livestock. I feel my life will greatly change in that I will have added asset that can give us more milk for household use and sales. I will have calves that will be my future financial securities thus I foresee a better life to come."

"Receiving this money will enable me to elevate my living standards. I intend to spend $700 of my transfer to boost my hardware business in town. I will also spend $200 to clear school fees arrears for my wife in her final year in college. I will then spend the remaining $200 to buy a heifer cow that will multiply in the future, an assurance of surplus milk production for family consumption as well as some for sale." (Occupation: Small business)

"I usually do casual jobs in my neighborhood to get money for survival. At the end of the day I can only buy food enough for that day I worked only. With these transfers I would like to start keeping livestock and from their products I can be able to feed my family and sell some to my neighbors and make it a big business over time."

"My desire, for the longest time now, is to venture into dairy farming. I love it because apart from it being a source of income, milk is also a good source of protein, especially for young children. Starting this business will save me the cost of buying milk every morning. I spend 100 shillings to buy 2 liters of milk daily. This translates to 3000 shillings in a month. My husband and I have plans to buy a dairy cow worth 30000 shillings to start us off this journey. Once we have it, we can rest assured that our family will get a reliable source of milk of at least 5 liters daily. This will earn us 250 shillings every day which will go to our savings kit. Receiving this money will guarantee my family some sort of financial independence." (Occupation: Small business)

"I greatly welcome and thank GiveDirectly for intervening before it's too late for me. This is because receiving this money means that I will venture into my dream business of trading on second-hand clothes. Accordingly, I will be playing an important role in acquiring some additional income for my family. Hence, I will feel much empowered."

"I work as charcoal vendor whereby I usually sell ten sacks of charcoal per month. The income I get from this business is 5,000 per month which is not enough to cater for other basic needs like food, clothes and bedding. Financial crisis is the biggest hardship in my life."

"For the past 10 years, food insecurity has been the biggest hardship we face in my family. The 1.3 acre piece of land I own yields only 1.5 bags of maize seasonally and this take us through three months only. In this case therefore, I constantly toil hard engaging in casual jobs in people's farms for the rest of the year so as to provide food for my family. These jobs drains off my energy hence my health keeps on deteriorating daily." (Occupation: Small business)

"I have been buying milk for my children since when I established this household and I would like to purchase a good dairy cow so that we can obtain milk easily. Currently I buy the milk at USD 0.50 daily for one litre which is quite expensive for us since I do not have a job or good business. Sometimes when we cannot afford our nutrition as a family detororiates." (Occupation: Small business)