"I spent my second transfer on connecting my home to piped water. I used to fetch water from a point more than a kilometer away from my home. Using a wheelbarrow to carry 60 liters of water per trip was so tiring yet the water was not enough for a single day. On receiving the transfer I bought a huge water tank that stores about 3000 liters of water. This tank saves water that I use in case there is water rationing from the source. I plan to start an irrigated garden and turn this fortune into meaningful farming business."

"My life is currently different after managing to own a dairy cow with the help of the transfer. I have been selling surplus milk and using the remaining liters for household consumption which has enabled us to cut the cost of buying milk. I am also proud to have managed to offset school fees balance for my child with ease." (Occupation: Small business)

"Having have invested in the agricultural activities had brought about the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because initially I used to practice commercial farming and I used to plant some watermelons and vegetables. This is what I had been depending on and I used to supply them in the nearest towns in bulky for years. But then there was a time I had an emergency and I had to utilize all the profits and the capital, this made the business to collapse because I did not have enough money to buy the fertilizers, seeds and some other facilities. Having have received the first transfer I gave it a priority because I had enough experience. I a now glad because I believe I have prepared everything and in the next few months, all struggles shall come to an end. I will no longer have to worry about my family's daily needs, school fees and many more. This is because I already have the customers and I am assured once the watermelons are ready, I will not have to strains about looking for customers."

"I spent part of my first transfer on paying school fees for my children who are both in secondary schools. Previously, they used to be sent home to collect fees and since and I am a single parent and I had no permanent job sometimes I could not raise the fees. This led them to stay home for some days as I struggle to get the fees. I bought some building materials such as building poles and some pieces of iron sheets to renovate my house which was almost falling because of the weak walls. In addition to that, I bought a piece of equipment specifically for the preservation of fish. Initially, I used to run the business but then I used to borrow the equipment or hire from friends which were expensive. The remaining amount of money I am using them in buying some foodstuffs and clothes for both my children and I." (Occupation: Small business)

"I spent my second transfer on buying a heifer as an investment. I did not have a better way of investing at that time and the money too was not very much to start a good business hence I decided to invest in livestock. I also school fees for my children in primary school. This really helped because from then, I rarely get the frequent letters I used to get from their teachers about sending my children home for arrears. I feel I bought myself more time to raise money when the children are in school. The rest I used on buying household items such as food which had to reduce in stock and also some bedding which I felt needed upgrade. The ones we have are more than three years old and I felt it was time to get new ones."

"The fact that I have the resource for buying the sewing machine and starting a tailoring business is very pleasing for me. I did not know I would get such as this time because I had tried all the ways I could even by taking a loan to buy a sewing machine but I was not successful. My dream has always been to start my own tailoring business because that is the only way I could get a good income. Now that I have the money, I will buy a sewing machine so as to start my own tailoring business. For now, I am looking for a good business premise where I will carry out the business."

"The biggest difference in my life because of the transfers is that I have my own ox plough. I no longer have to rely on others for my farm to be ploughed in time. This is one thing which has never pleased me. In my village, those who do the ploughing business always consider those who have higher amounts of money not according booking yet I do not have the money to pay the amount they require. This is why I have always had to be patient until they are willing to plough for me with my price. In most cases, I am always late with planting which has always affected my harvest. Now that I have my own ox plough, I will ensure I do everything in time so that I can get a good harvest. I will be ploughing m,y farm first then proceed to other's at a price."

"My source of livelihood 5 years ago was a shop business that I used to run in my village. This business was doing well and I could earn up to 8 thousand shillings a month besides my daily expenses. Sometimes I could take loans from our village Sacco and I was able to pay them comfortably. However, life has its own way of taking turns and I lost this business after my shop was damaged by heavy rains. I couldn't revive it since I had used all my savings to build a house. This situation reduced me to a casual labourer and my ambition since then has been to reopen this business. I will therefore use this transfer for this purpose and this enable me to provide for my family without much hustle."

"I expect my life to change this is because, in the next six months, I hope the shop business will be up and running. This will help meet the household expenditure and other needs like school. With the money earned from the taxi business, I can increase my savings and even invest more in other ventures to help expand our revenue base as a family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life over the last four months is the school fee payment that I have been able to do without having to struggle a lot like I used to struggle before. With GiveDirectly's transfers I have been able to improve my grocery business as well as support payment of school fee for my children with the remaining amount of money. This has given me a great sense of satisfaction as a parent and given me the energy to even continue working harder to give the best to my children. It is through these transfers that I have also been able to hire land and put it under agriculture making us food secure as a family and getting the surplus to sell and earn extra income as well."