"Since I am all alone in the family, I have a goal of buying some livestock for creation of wealth. Because of the drought conditions currently in my area, the goats are suitable since they can withstand the drought condition because they are browsers. Once they multiply in numbers, I will accumulate the wealth after a long period."

"All I want is a decent house, spacious, one with a finished floor if not cemented, a proper door, chairs, and a bed. I get irritated by the rats that come into my house, the environment I live in is bushy and the door to my house is worn out, which makes it easy for the rats to enter and make a mess. I need about 30,000 KES to put up a two-bedroom house. I will also invest in furniture (chairs) so that when I get guests I can at least offer them a place to sit. I only have two small stools that act as sits. My other interest is in livestock farming, I want to at least own a cow and a goat for domestic use."

"I have a family of five members. My husband and I are casual laborers earning approximately KES 3000 each every month. This is not enough for the family necessities. In 2020, my son did his KCPE and got a calling later to join secondary school. It was hard for him to join because I did not have money to pay his school fees. Upon receiving my money, I will buy 30 goats as an investment at a cost of KES 90000. This will help me educate my two daughters once they join secondary school. I will also use KES 20000 to buy food for the family."

"My husband died seven years ago and since then I have been the sole breadwinner for my household. Infepenf entirely on selling vegetables and bananas the main economic activity for my family. I earn around KES 200 per month which all goes to food leaving other needs unattended. The coming of Givedirectly will enable me to improve the education performance of my children. I am planning to spend the first transfer to buy 10 indigenous goats so that I created assets that will help me when in needy. I will also use a portion of the second remittances to clear my loan balance of KES 20,000 and school fees for my daughter who is going to be in grade 6 next academic year. I will be impressed when I achieve this goal because the performance of my children will improve since they will have quality time at school thereby attaining better results."

"The first and major ambition that I have been yearning for a while now is to have a decent house. Receiving the transfers will enable me to realise it. This is because I am planning to spend KES 80,000 to construct a two-bedroom house and purchase bedding. I will also buy five indigenous goats which do well in our area due to the prolonged drought which has made crop production to be unreliable. As they multiply, I will sell them at a profit and use the proceeds for necessities in my household. Once I accomplish this long-awaited dream, I will be extremely delighted because I will be living a life with dignity and earning respect in the community."

"The new goal that I have in life is to start a business of buying and selling livestock majorly goats and sheep. I have two children who will be joining secondary school next year and I foresee financial constraints since being the breadwinner of my family, catering to our needs on time has been a challenge to me despite them being in primary school where the fee that they pay in a year is less than KES 5000. Starting this business will enable me to pay their school fees and at the same time be able to meet our basic needs on time."

"I am living in an area where there is a scasity. I depend entirely on hiring motorcycle operators to bring water to my house hold both for my domestic use and for my goat's. I have been thinking of buying a water plastic tank to harvest rain water but the tank costs KES 47,000 which I cannot afford to raise. Receiving the first cash transfer will mark the beginning of water security in my house because I will purchase the water tank to rain water and curb the water problem in my house. I will use the second transfer to expand my farm by buying more goats to keep as a family business."

"My house is very small and at the same time, I use it as a kitchen. This makes it so congested and I always fear even welcoming visitors. Very recently, I had to postpone a visit by my in-law, something that made me feel guilty. I have an intention of constructing a better house and this is possible only through the help of GiveDirectly. I will spend my entire first transfer of 55000 KES to ensure this plan is offset. This will guarantee me a degree of confidence, hence a happy life. On the other hand, I will spend the remaining transfer to invest in livestock keeping, especially goats to have a project that I can depend on in the future. Therefore, this is what receiving this money means to me."

"We have been living in a very tiny single room that my husband build during his youth days. With our two kids who are growing fast, we needed space and privacy for ourselves and we also wanted to build them a room of their own where they can where they can be comfortable. My husband who's a motorcycle rider earning averagely 250 KES per day had been trying to save towards buying building materials but due to family responsibilities, I had taken ages to buy few things. When I was enrolled in the program, our first priority was building the house into completion so that we can focus on other family matters. I also wanted to buy livestock because I lost all my livestock to severe drought last year. I spend 20000 KES to buy building poles, 6000 to buy two goats, 20000 KES to buy cow and the balance to buy enough food to take us for some few months. I'm hopeful that with the next transfer, I will complete building my two bedroom house and I'm so grateful to GiveDirectly for the support."

"The first transfers helped me kick start the building of my store but I had to stop after I ran out of money so I was left with plastering of the store and the flooring as well. Therefore after I received the money I went ahead and bought a cart of sand which cost me KES 3,800 and six bags of cement which cost me KES 4,200 meanwhile the transportation fee cost me KES 2,500. I then decided to buy five goats which cost me KES 21,500. This enables me to a livestock keeeper and also after the animals breed then I could always offer them to the market and provide for my family. I was left with around KES 21,150 which I intend to use in paying the labourer since he charges KES 1,500 per day and as for what I will be left with I will use it as capital to purchase items for my store which include maize flour, wheat flour, sugar, cooking oil, salt and even books just to mention the few things that I have in mind."