"I spent KES 30,000 to purchase a dairy cow.I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me because I do not have a continuous source of income. I depend on casual jobs in the village. I bought a motorcycle on hire purchase, I deposited KES 15,000 and the rest I will pay on installment. I am so happy because this project generate an income daily. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my children. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"There is a piece of land that I want to buy but because I do not have enough money, I am not able to do. With the first transfer, I will buy two points of an acre with KES 50,000. We have decided with my wife that we will buy a second hand motorcycle for our inconvenience while going to work and also a source of income for our family."

"I am a motorcycle operator. That is the daily work that I engaged myself in. My happiest part of the day is the evening especially when I have closed my business and realized some income that will enable me to buy food for my family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have one cow. That cow produce two litres per day. The milk i get from this cow is only enough for household use. So when I get this money I would like to buy a dairy cow specifically Asian breed since this breed can produce over 5 litres of milk per day. This will be a good source of income to my family. At the moment I depend on my husband who does motorcycle taxi but he only gets 200 KES per day of which its not sufficient to sustain all our needs. A good dairy cow will cost around KES 30000. Lack of money has really made us not to buy another cow since the death of our other cow." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I was feeding my neighbors livestock when he came and informed me that Give Directly had sent the promised money. I quickly rushed back home since I had left my phone behind, powered it on and after confirming that I had also received mine, I called my brother who works in the nearby town who promised to accompany me to go and purchase a motorcycle as I had planned. Receiving this money meant that my life would never remain the same again and this made me so happy."

"I normally do not plant hybrid maize nor use fertilizers due to lack of finances and this usually leads to low yield. This case is different this year since apart from using a tractor for land preparation purposes, I bought quality hybrid seeds and used fertilizers. Due to this, I am optimistic of a good harvest that will last my family till the next harvesting season after selling some in order to get money to use in paying school fees for my children. Because of this, my heart has been at peace and I am able to concentrate on doing some casual jobs in the neighborhood so as to get money to use in buying daily basic needs for my family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My father contacted someone who wanted a person to ride a motorcycle and pay back his money, so he brought me the motorcycle to run with an agreement to pay every week. I think that was the only happiness I got over the past months." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My major challenge faced was when my father passed away. He was the one sending me to school and catering for my needs. But after he passed out, everything about my life change negatively. This caused me to dropped out of school and have a relationship that I wasn't prepare for because i needed to shelp myself" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"If we received the money, we will sent our children to school and try to start building a house to rent it out and generate money to make business that will sustain the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I had started my day normally, waking up early in the morning to attend to my usual motorcycle business where I had been ferrying people and goods to the marketplace all day. Having worked the previous night till late, I had to leave my phone charging that morning hoping to pick it later little did I know that I will be busy all day. I could not realize that the transfer was in but the rate at which people were calling me over in need of my motorbike services to town was alarming. I was lucky then to have an alternative phone and could not get back home. On arrival later that evening, I was greeted by the great news on my phone. At that point, I got the reason behind the high traffic towards the shopping center all day. Everyone in the village had received the transfer and was moving to withdraw and at least start shopping what they had planned for. I was so happy to find mine safe in my account and had to wait till the next morning to withdraw. We made our plans clear with my wife, and together we moved out in the morning to try accomplishing all that we needed first for our construction work." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)