"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy some cows that can reproduce and take care of future evetualities and provide the education needs of my children. "

"Two years ago, a grocery business I had run for over five years collapsed due to financial constraints. Proceeds I accrued from this venture could not sustain the incessant skyrocketing needs in my household, leading it to collapse. Receiving this money means a restoration of my glory days. I am planning to spend my first transfer to revive my grocery business. This is the business I anticipate to take my son through school and pay other bills in the household. I am going to use the remaining amount to add a dairy cow into my herd."

"Receiving this money will uplift my living standards in that I will use part of the money to build a bigger iron roofed house and for the remaining part, i intend to buy a dairy cow which in turn produce milk that i will supply to the nearby shopping center hence earning me a daily source of income."

"Receiving this money means that I will now own a dairy cow which has always been my desire.This will serve as a source of income when I sell the milk that I get from it.I also have a plan of hawking clothes within the village and during market days.This is the business I have always wished to start.My long term plan is owning my own shop for doing this business."

"My expectation in the near future is to buy a dairy cow. Once my poultry farm is well established and generating some good proceeds plan to save the proceeds and buy a dairy cow. I think it is one of the best projects around because of the good profits it generates. I know it won't be easy but I am committed to own one very soon."

"In the next four months, I wish to buy a cow as an investment for my family. I know through this, I will be able to sell it to raise money for an emergency without having to beg and borrow from friends and relatives as before. When it reproduces, I will have a herd which is a good investment."

"My life is different because I was able to start my small scale business where I buy maize in bulk at wholesale price and later re-sell them at retail prices. I do not think I would have launched this business if I had not received the transfers from Give Directly. Apart from that, I have become a large scale farmer where I keep a lot of livestock which includes cows, sheep, and ducks. One advantage of keeping these birds is that I can be able to sell them out anytime when I feel I am financially broke."

"I used the second transfer to build a new house which I really so much because I initially used to live in a small dilapidated house. I managed to do some completion on the entire house by cementing both the interior and exterior sections of the three-bedroomed house. There is one cow which I still own to date that I bought at a cost of approximately 18000 KES."

"I spent the second transfers on buying food for the family which ensured that people never went hungry on any particular day. I also bought a television set at approximately 9000 KES. On top of that, I also bought a cow at a cost of approximately 17000 KES but unfortunately, the cow died mysteriously two months later. I also bought a solar powered panel at a hire purchase price where I made a one year deposit of approximately 12000 KES. Finally, I cultivated my sugarcane and rice plantations on a one-acre farm which had just been lying fallow for a long time because I did not have the financial capacity to get into this magnitude of farming."

"Upon receiving the second transfer, I embarked on house construction that I had left pending after resources got depleted. I bought doors, windows, and iron sheets to ensure the construction was completed. I also build a cow shed for my cows to keep them safe from harsh weather conditions. I also bought a new cupboard for my utensils."