"For the last 10 years I have been going through mental illness. My mental health varies from time to time. I sometimes loose memory completely. For now I am a bit stable and able to think. For instance I now think of buying a dairy cow for subsistence use and build a better house if I qualify to receive the transfer. My current house is too old and unpresentable. I am much happy and thank Give Directly for thinking about the poor."

"Our house is one room, we use it as a living room and a kitchen. We are forced to sleep together with my children since we have no otherwise. This is embarrassing and denies the privacy of parents. I am jobless and my spouse is a cashier in a supermarket making her the family's sole breadwinner. She earns KES 20,000 monthly which is not sustainable for us as a family. These financial constraints make us unable to build a better house for my family. Things have never been the same from the time my wife gave birth to twins. One of our twins developed complications that call for maximum medical care which is expensive for us. This money gives me hopes of building a spacious and better house for my family. I will set aside KES 65,000 to achieve this dream. To guarantee my family of stable income in the future, I will buy them a dairy cow worth KES 30,000 to enable them to produce milk for the family and then sell the surplus."

"I am a widow and a mother of five. I primarily depend on farming to meet my needs. I am lucky that I have been able to educate my children with my youngest having just completed a degree last year. I sold my asset to make sure that I could see them in school. Currently, I own one cow which is at the risk of being sold in case any financial crisis comes up. To me, receiving this cash transfer means added assets to my family. I am planning to use KES 40000 to buy a cow. This will boost my financial security and increase milk production from my farm. I see a higher income in milk sales which helps me expand and improve my farming."

"I have invested my hopes and resources in farming having no other source of income. I wake every day with the ambition of making it better. Good farm produce means stable food and income to meet other family needs. In addition to my cow calving down in the last six months, I also harvested four bags of maize from my 0.3-acre piece of land. I have enough food and income from milk sales in these recent months."

"Receiving this money will enable me to build a house. The house that I live in is small and my family is growing. Building a bigger house will give us privacy and comfort. I plan to buy a dairy cow with KES 35,000 of the transfer so that my children can get milk. I buy milk from vendors for KES 40 a liter daily which is costly to me."

"After I completed my tailoring course, I opened my tailoring shop about 14 years ago. On a good day, I normally get KES 1,000 and KES 500 on a bad day. These earnings I normally invest in the village savings group. I also do small-scale maize and beans farming which is a source of food for my family. Formerly, I had only two dairy cows of low quality which I used to get up to 8 liters a day. So when I received my second transfer I saw it wise to purchase a high-quality dairy cow. I, therefore, spent KES 30,000 on a Guernsey dairy cow breed that produces up to 12 liters a day. This will be a long-term investment to aid in school fees payment soon when my kids join high school. Additionally, I topped up part of my first transfer and spent KES 50,000 on building a 45 Iron roofed two-roomed timber walled house with a veranda. Initially, I had a 20 Iron roofed mud-walled house and grass-thatched kitchen which I demolished when I received my transfers. Furthermore, I spent KES 7,000 on two bags of maize which has sustained us for the past two months. For the remainder, I spent KES 3,000 on two 210 water liters containers, and right now I have access to adequate clean rainwater."

"After receiving my second transfer, I bought a dairy cow worth KES 42,500 which is an addition to my livestock. I am happy that it is about to calf and once I get surplus milk will sell it to earn income which I will save towards the payment of school fees for my children. With KES 2,250 I bought a mattress and a study table for my son who is in secondary school. He is now studying when at home and also sleeping peacefully. With the remaining amount, I used in buying foodstuff for my family members."

"I invested KES 14,000 on livestock rearing by purchasing 3 goats. This is an activity that I had desired to start many years ago but I lack the finances to actualize it. Goat rearing is highly profitable and easy to run compared to cows which requires a constant water supply. I intended to keep them as an investment for my two kid's educational needs. I also used a larger part of the transfer to repair my house by constructing an additional room, it was very small to fully accommodate both of my family members and our households items. In addition, I used KES 14,000 to lay my mother to rest she died a week after receiving my transfer."

"I am a teacher by profession, I recently brought a wife home. Upon receiving my transfer I wanted to ensure that my home was well set. This is because I plan to bring up children in an environment where they will not lack. Therefore, I used 47,000 in buying the finest dairy cow that would produce lots of milk enough for my family. I was unable to buy a cow before due to financial constraints. I then used KES 15,000 in paying school fees for my younger brother who is at the university. I am thankful for the great support that enabled me to achieve a lot in a short time."

"I am a farmer and a mother of three, currently engaged in consistent farming. Upon receiving my transfer I used it in purchasing a dairy cow. This is because I am hopeful that I would be able to earn an income from it by selling milk. Secondly, I opted to pay school fees for my children so that they would comfortably study in school Lastly, I bought foodstuffs and clothes. I am grateful to have achieved so much in a short period unlike before when things were rough due to financial constraints."