"My new goal was to buy a cow because I come from a humble background where we don’t own any livestock. I married my wife without paying a dowry because I had nothing. I have since hoped to own livestock, which will enable me to pay her dowry someday. Getting these funds has enabled me to at least buy a cow, which is the beginning of my plan to have livestock."

"Honestly, we haven't noticed a great difference yet but the cow that I bought is mature enough to give birth in a year's time. We will be so happy to sell milk and earn income and we are also looking forward to build a permanent house once I receive my second transfer. We will have transformed our home far away from what we thought we could achieve."

"I can't hide my joy everyday when I get outside my house and see a dairy cow and water tank in my compound. In a year's time, I will be milking my cow and selling milk to earn money and I will nolonger have to walk far away in search of water. I can't really thank GiveDirectly enough for the support."

"That evening, I was at home relaxing with my baby as my wife prepared supper for us. Suddenly, I received a message and I just opened the inbox without much expectation to see what the message was all about. Wow! I couldn't believe that I had received my first transfer and I was very happy as I rushed towards my wife to show her the message. She was so happy that I was finally going to buy her dairy cow which she had desired for a long time.."

"I felt so much happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. It was around 9:00pm and I was at home with all my children. I shared the good news with them and they were so happy as well. We called my husband who was not at home at that particular moment and he was so full of joy to get the good news as well.What made me happy was the fact that I was finally going to accomplish the plans that I had and that is construction of a cowshade to its completion.We had earlier built the cowshade but we had to stop midway having had to divert attention to attend to my ailing mother in law who required a lot of money for her medication. When GiveDirectly transfers came, we prioritized completing the project. We were left with the floor and feeding troughs and finishing. We are so happy that the money helped us accomplish this dream. Tight now we are looking forward to accomplishing even much more with the coming transfers."

"My children usually go to look after our neighbor's goats during their free time and they had requested me to buy for them. I had not been able to achieve this due to a lack of finances. I am happy that with the transfer, I was able to purchase a dairy cow and a goat. Due to this, I have been able to save the money that I usually spend on milk and my children are always full of joy while feeding the goat. I believe that they will soon increase in number and I will have assets that I can lean on in case of financial challenges."

"I can still remember very well I was at the farm looking after my cows when I saw the message notification from my mobile phone. Upon checking, I confirmed that it was the long-awaited Mpesa message that I had patiently been waiting for. I was overwhelmed with joy and I had to leave for home so that I could share the news with my family members."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the investment in a dairy cow that has just begun to provide us with milk for consumption. I no longer spend a coin on buying milk and also it has given me the ability to provide for my family in the future."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is buying the cow, which can be a source of income for me, and building the house which will enable me to have a family and retire from my bachelor lifestyle."

"The biggest difference in my life is that food has been a challenge, but with the support funds that bought my family a dairy cow, we have been able to sell at least three liters of milk for KES 100 which is the minimum required to meet our daily expenses."