"I have a family of three members. My husband is a casual laborer and I a tailor by profession. Currently I depend on agriculture since I have no machine to practice my career. I will use $120 to buy a sewing machine, use $200 to buy materials, and use $ 80 to rent a house and start my business. In my village, I will be the only person with such a business so I have the chance to enjoy enough market for my business. I approximately earning $10 per day. A business with such a profit is a good one. I will also use $ 500 to buy two cows as an investment. This will help me have enough school fees for my daughter when she joins the secondary school in future. She is yet to join primary school."

"Receiving this money will boost me a great deal. When my 4 sons got married I gave out almost all the cows I had as dowry as per the Kipsigis culture. When a dowry is paid it signifies prosperity for the children and the families of the bride will bless their daughter and her generation, which explains the reason why all of them live harmoniously. I had wanted to add another dairy cow to my herd since the two that remained are old and have lost teeth and as a result, they cannot graze well. Their milk production has since gone down, it produces just 1 liter a day which is not enough for household consumption. I intend to use $450 to purchase a dairy cow and use the rest to pay school fees for my last-born son, Titus, who is at Mombasa college."

"If we're able to get the transfer, I plan to buy a plot of land for $500.The owner of this land could be willing to sell it. I will then build a simple house for $250, this will help us plan ourselves well. Currently, we also don't have a cow, I intend to buy a cow at $150, then we'll be able to milk it and have milk for our children. Now, we spend $0.80 to buy a liter of milk on a daily basis, this means we'll be able to cut cost."

"I plan to buy food since this is the greatest challenge I am facing. I will also complete the stalled house which has been destroyed by termites so far. This will take about $500. I will also buy 5 goats at $30 each which would be my investment into the future. The remaining amount I will buy 2 cows at $50 each which will give me milk to feed my family."

"My new goal is to invest in livestock specifically goats. I chose goats over cows because goats can survive without water for a longer time compared to cows. Through this investment, I will be able to cater to my children's education. The aim of investing in goats is that they are cheap to maintain and they have read markets since they are affordable and thus can be converted to monetary value anytime the need arises."

"By the time I received the first transfer, I had already planned on building a new spacious house because the one I had was very small and on the verge of collapsing. therefore, I bought 22 pieces of iron sheets, five ridges, and roofing nails. The cost of the roofing materials was $229. I also bought 600 rafters for $30 and the labor charge of the contract plus the cost of building poles was $134. Currently, I am a happy woman because I know very soon my house will be ready since the remaining section to be fixed is the roof. As of now, I sleep in my mom's house though it is always uncomfortable to be in someone's house. You lack confidence and authority in the house. After that, I bought a cow so that I could start raring livestock at my home and used the remaining amount in buying food. Hunger was a challenging factor since we have been without rain for the last three farming seasons."

"In the next one year, I hope to accumulate enough money to pay school fees for my child who is joining junior secondary through the latest education system that was just implemented. The education system seems to be quite expensive compared to the old system and it is fir this reason that we are brazing ourselves for this. With the first transfer, I was able to buy a dairy cow that is almost calving and this will go a long way in helping me and my family meet such needs."

"When I received the second transfer, I used $250 to buy a heifer. I used another $100 to pay back debts owed to me by my lenders and the remaining amount was used to buy food, clothes and other essentials for my family. We made a decision to buy a dairy cow since it will save us a great deal once it calves and the milk produced shall also be sold to meet other needs of our family in future. My husband and I rely entirely on subsistence farming to raise income that supports our family. The amount of money that we make from this subsistence farming is hardly enough to meet our needs as a family hence the thought of buying the dairy cow. I am a mother of three children with two of them still in school and I hope to get enough money from the livestock that I bought and be able to pay their school fees in time to allow them pursue their education without interruption. I am so grateful for the support that I received from GiveDirectly and very hopeful that my life shall hencefort change because of this."

"My goal would be to expand my dairy cow project and poultry farming to a larger one. This would be sustainable and we would be able to uplift our living standards. To realise this goal, I intend to save the money that I would be getting from selling milk. Thereafter, investing it by buying more cows. I am optimistic that with time, I would be able to achieve his goal."

"I plan to pay fees for my daughter, buy a cow, and do some business."