"Before receiving this transfer from GiveDirectly I had no new goals. My old goal was to get a new fishing net. I have not been able to achieve this. Things have been difficult for my family. I have been fishing. Sometimes I catch fish, there are times that I don't get any fish at all. It goes for days without catching any fish. I could hardly pay my children tuition. Things started to get difficult for my family. I could hardly afford our daily meals. I am so grateful that I got enrolled in this amazing program. I know my life will never be the same again."

"Things have been a bit difficult for my family. I am a fisher man. I have been fishing all my life. Sometimes I hardly cash enough fish. When I do, due to low income,customers don't pay full amounts. I can hardly afford to feed my family. I was so excited when I received my first transfer. I have no new goal. My old goal has been to build my house and buy a new mattress. I am going to stick to my goal. Hopefully after receiving all the transfers our lives will get better."

"I dropped out of school in class six out of lack of school fees. After, I went into casual jobs to earn a living and support my siblings. I, later on, joined fishing in a nearby water pan. This is what I have been doing to support my family. It is not a stable source of income since we sometimes just catch one small fish. I earn an average of KES 400 a day. I am happy about this since it has enabled me to build an iron-roofed house and to meet my household's daily basic needs. After getting married ten months ago, I have been struggling to buy a cow. This has not been possible with the overwhelming daily household needs. To me receiving this cash transfer means a dream come true. I am planning to use KES 20000 to buy a heifer. This is an asset to my family and from it will have milk. This will reduce my daily expenditures and we will have enough milk for consumption. This means good health among us and extra earnings from milk sales."

"My plan for my transfer from GiveDirectly was to buy my own motorbike but I got ill seriously and had to use my first transfer to pay my hospital bill. My plan remains the same. I use to fishing and take farming contracts before surviving. I am a six grade student and I'm 26 years old. I had to dropped out of school over 8 years now due to lack of support. My parents can't afford to paid my school fees."

"I was on the beach waiting for my brother to come from on sea when my transfer alert pop up. I was very happy. My house is deplorable and I have been suffering to build a new one. I have been living in this house about ten years ago. I have six children. My husband is a fisherman and I dried fishes to sell and sustain us. During raining season, there's no way for my husband to go on sea and fishing. My husband is a daily hired fisherman. We really go through a lot. However, GiveDirectly have come to change our lives."

"My new goal before receiving this transfer is to improve my husband fishing business. My husband is a fisherman. Fishing is the only source of income for our family. We live with our two children. For the past six months now business has not been good for us due to spoil fishing nets. The fishing nets that my husband currently using is in a very bad condition. And because of this he has not been able to catch enough fish for sale. That is why I have purchased a new fishing net to improve on his business."

"My goal was to built my house and buy my canon for fishing.give-directly has made my dreams come true."

"Once upon a time in my life I could afford, my divorce husband and I we had a shop, (3) three fishing boat, and 2 houses, but since we had misunderstanding and separated, he gave me only a single house as my benefit, now I have no other source of income to get money then to rent the house to people. Getting this money, I will establish a business to help me raise financially again."

"I was a big business woman before the 2001 war but due to the distruction I lost everything .For now my family and I survived through fishing which is very risky for our lives. With this cash, I plan to start up a new life through business to aid me take care of the family wellbeing."

"I have four children in school, two are in primary and the rest are in secondary. The secondary school that my children go to is in a different town and commuting every day is costly. So, I rented a place for them where I pay KES500 monthly. When I received the funds from give directly, I had rent arrears of KES500 that I was unable to clear, school fee arrears of KES6000, and KES1000 for the children in secondary, and primary school respectively. Since there was a notice of eviction, I opted to settle it, then reduce the arrears for the ones in primary school by KES500 and the KES200 that remained, I used it to buy food. These funds have been very helpful now that I am struggling in my work as a fisherman. I am using someone else's fishing net that happens to be torn. This has reduced my efficiency at work and I only make KES1500 weekly."