"I built a more spacious house made of timber walls for my family using my first transfer and on receiving the second one, I spent KES 20000 to paint the walls so as to make it more attractive and used KES 2700 on food. I still have KES 30000 that I am planning to use in buying a dairy cow since I do not have any. I depend on a grocery business that I operate at our neighboring shopping center and I have been using the profits on our basic needs. The prospect of buying a dairy cow using the money that I still have makes me so happy and I am also grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to build a house in my old age."

"I have been depending on dairy farming to educate my children and I am at times forced to sell the heifers when they are sent back home. So far, I have lost count of the number of livestock that I have sold and I currently have only one dairy cow that I bought using my first transfer. It is my wish to start a clothes business since I know how to operate it and convince people to buy. By achieving this, I will be able to pay school fees for my children on time while ensuring that I do not sell any of my livestock anymore."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly is an outstanding and life-changing organization that empowers people to do what they thought they could not. Personally, it enabled me to buy some cows using the first transfer as well as paying school fees for my children, something that was a big challenge to me due to poverty."

"I can finally get some relief from the continuous burden of changing my roof, it is grass thatched and I replace it yearly. It gets worse when it rains since it licks. I can not wait to start receiving these transfers and finally solve this problem. It will cost about 60,000 KES to buy and put up the iron sheets for my two houses. Once this is sorted I will invest in some livestock, two goats and two cows will do."

"Being an elderly woman, I have developed waist and knee problems due to old age, I am unable to do my daily activities like weeding my garden and milking the cow. I am therefore forced to employ someone to do the chores, this has been costly because I spend KES 200 per day. I do not have a stable source of income since I depend on subsistence farming to enable me to cater for all the bills like medication, school fees, and food for the family, especially with the high cost of living in our country."

"Receiving this money means an increase in yeild of milk supply in my house. I am planning to buy another dairy cow going for KES 40000, this will produce around 8 litres of milk on a daily basis. I have been milking 4litres per day from the dairy cow I own, I have been selling the milk to the nearest milk milk dairy shop at KSH 35 per litre which earns me KES 140 per day which is not sufficient to cater for all my family needs like food and clothing. With an addition of another dairy cow and I will be able milk more milk which will enable me to sell 10litres of milk per day this will earn me KES 350 per day which means I enough money for the family needs The remaining 2litres will be for family consumption because have 2children under the age of 5years and milk is believed to be of high nutritive value to children and it's rich in protein and calcium."

"For the past 10 years, I have been raising livestock to earn a living. Before the drought, I would get more than 10 liters of milk from the cows, sell and earn some money from it. The situation has since changed due to the prolonged effects of the drought and I no longer harvest any milk from the cows. Because of this, I have struggled a lot in providing essential basic needs for myself such as food and buying clothes. The situation has worsened to a point where I go more than 2 days without eating food. It is for this reason that I spent KES 1300 to buy some stock of food that would last me for two weeks. Besides buying food, I spent the rest of the money on buying 3 chickens for rearing. As a start towards creating wealth, the chicken will serve the purpose right. Once they multiply in numbers, I will use the money after selling some in solving problems that I will have in the future."

"My ambition is to buy livestock when I receive the transfers. I have been envying neighbors who possess a herd of cattle that becomes their saving grace when there is an emergency. I have the responsibility of taking care of my two grandchildren and most of the time are sent home for school fees. I intend to use KES 15,000 to buy goats, and KES 30,000 to purchase cows. Having goats and cows will be easier for me to sell to pay fees and buy food when the need arises. With the balance to clear the school fees of two grandchildren and ordering new bedding for this, I will be already fulfilled my dream."

"My life as a single mother of 6 with no employment is so challenging. My problem started after the demise of my mother in 2011. Providing basic needs as well as ensuring that my children get quality education has been problematic because of lack of income. I am so happy that this money will enable me to restart vegetable production and also purchase a dairy cow. I plan to use KES 10000 on vegetable farming and KES 40000 on a dairy cow."

"Receiving this money means good education for my children in the future because at the moment they are still in the lower classes. This means investing in livestock especially cows and I am very confident that, they will do better since we have a very big land to get pasture for them. To start with, I intend to spend my entire first transfer, 55000 KES to buy 3 indigenous dairy cows. These will multiply with time and I will be able to sell some once my children advance to high school and it will guarantee them a better chance in school; hence, a bright future for them. The second transfer will help me to repair the roof of my house because the poles were damaged by termites and it can be blown anytime."