"Receiving this money means I will be able to pay my children's school fees, buy a cow that can reproduce and take care of some future eventualities and start up a business that can keep my money growing. I believe this will support my household. Providing the education needs for my children will be made easier."

"If it were not for the cash transfers, I do not think it would have been possible for me to launch the business because after it collapsed some years ago, it has been extremely hard for me to revive it once again because I do not have a source of income which I can use to revive the business. Apart from that, I also mentioned before that I bought a cow at a whopping 24000 KES which is a lot of money which I could have never managed to raise to date. So for me, I just say thank you to Give Directly for helping me come this far."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to own a dairy cow.I have four young children and every day I am forced to buy milk from my neighbours for them.My only source of income is my small piece of land therefore I have to strain alot to get enough money for all the needs as well as milk.I feel that if i have one dairy cow,I will cut on costs as well as even have some milk to sell hence some extra income"

"Receiving this money means that my struggles will be lessened.Being a single mother with no source of income and children in secondary school, is a real struggle.Am the sole breadwinner,as such every other need that my family has is on me.It is always very difficult to raise money to pay for their education as well as feed and clothe them.With this money,I will be able to offset their fees balances and with the remainder buy a cow to substitute income from my farm."

"Providing for our daily needs as well as school fees has greatly derailed our development as a family.Every time my spouse has money,his first consideration is my university fees and basic needs for our two-year old son and I.Doing this has not even allowed us to own our own dairy cow which we have always wanted to have so that our son can be well nourished as well have a small income from the sale of milk.As such,we have been forced to spare money every month to buy milk and this is sometimes difficult.This is the biggest challenge I have faced"

"In my opinion, Give directly has done well by giving out transfers to improve the living standards of the poorest individuals in my community. This is indicated evidently by most of us who own permanent iron-roofed houses from temporary huts. Secondly, the majority of us now have some livestock such as cows, goats, and sheep since this has always been the dream from most of us but due to high levels of poverty, we could not afford it. Thirdly, some of us have acquired solar panels that have a great impact on our children because they can study at night very comfortable without any hindrance. According to me, GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not good."

"I spent part of my first transfer to buy building materials such as timbers, nails, iron sheets and I also paid workers for this work of building my new beautiful spacious house fitted with timber. Therefore, I settled on this so as to relieve me the burden of looking for cow dung and clay around the village to use in smearing my previous mud house. I am glad since we will soon move in after cementing the floor, fixing doors and windows since they are the only things remaining for it to come to its completion. I used the remaining amount to buy a solar lamp for my family. Nowadays, my neighbors are astonished by how my house is well lit at night. On the other hand, I am relieved of the cost of buying kerosene on a daily basis."

"I added some of my own saving to the most recent transfer I received from GD and purchased a cow which I added to the farm project that I recently started back at home. I have been investing in livestock in my rural home so that when I eventually decide to permanently relocate back there, I will have some investments of my own."

"My next goal is to buy and rear sheep so that when they multiply I will resell and use the proceeds thereof to buy my own cow. As a young adult, I am planning to start a family soon. Having this livestock will help me later during the payment of dowry and also as a source of milk for my family."

"I have always wanted to venture into livestock farming to help increase the levels of income for my family upkeep. I saved some few months transfers and bought goats which i look forward to selling later to help in raising money to buy cows which have more value. This is a form of financial security for my family. Thank you GiveDirectly, for making my long time goal come true. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."