"The moment I received money from GiveDirectly, I felt very happy because I had hopes of building a permanent house and purchasing Livestock (cow)."

"My additional plans for the next four months is to be able to accumulate the money from my farming and wait for profits from my vegetable farming to be able to buy a dairy cow. The dairy cow shall help me by a great extent in that we shall have milk for family consumption while we sell the surplus to meet other family expenses. We currently spend a lot of money on purchase of milk. This money could be diverted into other meaningful family spending that can result in rise in the living standard of our family."

"I am planning to buy a cow in the next six months in remembrance of Give Directly. I chose to buy a cow because as long as it is well taken care of it will serve you for the rest of your life. They usually give birth after a short period of time and the require little attention as long as they are healthy and have enough fees. Their feeds are locally available and can easily be grown in this area. This means that one cow will grow and reproduce and with this I will forever have to remember to Give Directly."

"I have a plan of selling a few more birds so that I can get enough money which I will use to buy a cow worth between 14000 KES and 17000 KES. Definitely, the cow will be providing milk so that means I will not be buying milk from the local vendors. I also want to buy an ox which will help a great deal in terms of land cultivation."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be owning three goats. I will use my subsequent transfers to achieve this. When they reproduce in number, I can be able to sell the young ones in case of an emergency. I will also be using these goats milk to make tea for my family and sell all my dairy cows surplus in order to increase my income from dairy farming."

"My new goal for the next four months is to save my next transfer to enable me to buy a heifer. I will keep the heifer and when it matures and gives birth I will get to sell milk and have some for domestic use. Again, the calves which the cow will have produce I will sell to earn money for paying school fees for my child."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I can now afford my daily basic needs especially food. From my dairy cow, I am able to get income almost daily that helps me in purchasing food."

"The small hut i live in with my family is too small and is leaking now that its on a rainy season, something that has brought shame to me since i lack a reason to give to my children whenever they ask me why this is happening. I therefore plan to build a three roomed iron roofed house to mark an end to all this. I will use part of the money that remains to buy my own cow since the one i have in my farm belongs to a relative who allowed me to keep for him and will soon be coming for it."

"Three years ago I borrowed a dairy cow from a friend of mine as a source of income for my family. I have since talked him into selling it to me upon receiving the first transfer to which he agreed. Receiving this money will therefore boost my esteem as a proud owner of a dairy cow, something I have aspired to do for a long time. With the remaining amount, I am planning to venture into poultry farming as a form of savings and source of income that will fend for my children's education in future. "

"Receiving this money will enable me pay school fees for my children.I have one child in college and two of them in secondary school.I will also buy one cow and four sheep.This will help me in years to come especially paying school fees."