"The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the transfer is the great investment in livestock that is already bearing the desired fruits. Increasing the area under the nappier grass for my two dairy cows will soon result in a mass supply of feeds and hence an increase in milk production of milk from my livestock. On the other side, I invested adequately in the chicken project that has been a great source of income over the past few months as I sell both eggs and chicks to the neighborhood. This is a great boost to raising school fees for my six children currently in school and also foodstuff for the household."

"I have been keeping my chicken together with 2 goats in the kitchen producing a bad stench. I feel inappropriate to do this but due to lack of financial inadequacy, we have no option. My biggest dream has been to build a separate house to act as a kitchen and leave the current one for chicken and goats. I was super excited knowing that Give Directly was making their entry into the village knowing that my dream will soon materialize. I, therefore, intend to spend approximately KES 30,000 of the first transfer to build a kitchen for my family. Fulfilling this dream will be my greatest achievement as a parent."

"I wish to start a business of buying and selling maize. I want to start the business because the demand for maize in our area is high. The maize crops in our area do not do well when grown because the sun is too much and there is less rainfall. I plan to get the money for starting the business from the sale of eggs and milk. I was able to buy a cow and more chickens to add to the ones I had with the transfer that I got from GiveDirectly. With the business, I will be able to earn more income that I can use on other important developments."

"I sent the amount from the transfer in different ways. First I spent KSH 1000 to go pick birth certificates for my three children. My four children are going to sit for their national examinations next year. A requirement for their registration is the birth certificate. The fare I have to pay to go pick the certificate from the immigration office is KSH 400 to and fro. I also spent KSH 600 to pay for the certificate. I am now happy that on that everything is sorted and they are ready to be registered and sit for their exams when the time comes. I also spent KSH 500 in clearing fee balances that I had for my child who is in primary school. I have a bicycle that I use as my means of transport when doing my business. Since I stop doing my business due to the tough economic conditions, my bicycle has been in a poor state and now that I want to go back doing business I spent a whooping KSH 850 to repair it. I also spent KSH 150 to buy sugar for my family. I saved the remaining KSH 500 to be used in reviving my chicken selling business."

"Receiving this money means a better secure future for me and my family of six. My firstborn son will be joining the high school in the next three years, meaning I should be prepared financially to be able for his education as well as my other four children. With this money therefore I plan to purchase a dairy cow which will not only be giving me income through the sale of milk but I will be able to sell in case I will strain to pay school fees. For the rest of the amount, I will construct a poultry house to be keeping chicken as an alternative source of income."

"After I received the money my first though was to settle the tuition debt I had for eight of my children because the teachers kept sending them home almost on a daily due to the balance so I gave out KES 2,000 to be split among the eight of them which did not settle even half of the debt but they would manage to be allowed to class for the mean time. Unfortunately also at the time I fell ill so I was left with KES 1,000 from the balance and I decided to some of my chicken in order to have enough money to go to hospital and after the visit to see a doctor I paid KES 1,400."

"Since I had run out of food in the house when I received the money I immediately went ahead to buy a bag of maize flour which contained twelve packets for KES 1,200 which I knew would last me a while and two kilograms of sugar for KES 150. During the last transfer I received I managed to save KES 1,000 so I took my savings and added to the KES 1,650 that I was left with and sold some of my chicken so that I could have enough money to buy a goat which cost me KES 3,000 in total since I wanted to start rearing goats hopefully for both domestic and commercial use."

"Receiving this money means a boost to my income. I plan to achieve this through poultry farming. I will spend KES 30000 to buy ingenious chicks and build a shelter for them. As the chickens multiply, I will sell them at a profit and use the proceeds for household expenses. The rest of the transfers will go on my daughter's medical expenses. This is because she was diagnosed with autism 2 years ago."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying some spare parts for my bicycle which had bread down and I am glad it be repaired and is now operating so well. I also bought some building materials such as iron sheets, nails, and timber, sand, and cement a total of KES 20000. I later gave the mason KES 4000 as the labor charge This was for the renovation of my house since it had an old leaky roof. Also, I bought five goats and chicken at KES 15000 as the ling assets that I can now rely on any time when needs arise. Later on, I bought a solar panel that has been of help to me especially at night, and charging my phones and those of my friends at a fee. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family and other household items."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the financial support has empowered me to start a business of buying and selling livestock more goats and chicken. I have been jobless for all that long and only relying on my husband for the daily upkeep. I have always dreamed and wanted to start a business but I had no capital to start with. I am now a happy entrepreneur and very ambitious because ever since I started the business of buying goats and chicken from around the village and selling them on Wednesdays during market days for profit. I am glad the business is doing well and through this, am now able to cater to my family's daily needs with ease unlike before whereby we used to strain a lot."