"My first priority is to invest in an exsiting business. I sell fish and bhajia in Mlango Kubwa, Mathare. The fish easily get spoiled, this forces me to store them at a friends butchery since he has a freezer. I want to buy one for myself instead and save the money I pay inorder for him to store them for me, with that I can be buying more stock knowing I have a place where I can store them. I will also buy some iron sheets just to give the structure some shade, this will come inhandy when it rains or there is too much sun. Secondly, I would want to put up a business of selling clothes for both women and children still in mlango kubwa and income from this will help to provide for my family. I have four children, two of them are in school and the other two are yet to join school. It want to bring them up in an environment where they lack nothing, education being a priority for them. Lastly, I will use part of it to build a house back in the village, Malindi. We do not have a house and I want my children to have a place they can go to for vacation and relax at the beach when they want to and a place to call home."

"I believe education is the key to success and despite the fact that I didn't have an opportunity to study due to the shortcoming such as lack of school fees in my childhood. I do not desire my children to pass through that life as well. Therefore, my life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that my children are attending school consistently because I have been able to pay their school fees on time. It is my joy seeing them enthusiastic and passionate to quench their desire for education."

"I am a widow who majorly depends on farming to raise my family. With the adverse weather condition and ever-fluctuating prices of the farm products farming has not been such reliable but since I had no other source, I was left with it being my first option of the source of income. I had always lived with the stress of how I could always meet rising daily household needs, my children education fee and other financial necessities in my family. We consume our farm products and sell surplus milk to meet my children fee. Since I started receiving the monthly transfer from GiveDirectly, my life is currently different in that I have peace of mind, I easily access both household and personal basic needs more so I currently have security for financial needs especially my children fee that doesn't offer time to look for hence can borrow from friends so that I can settle later using my monthly transfers."

"I expect to make changes in my life which includes saving as much money as I can so that I can be able to pay school fees for my son who is currently finishing his primary school level education and will be joining form one come next year January. The admission fees for a new student is always very high so I have to make sure that I do that is possible to ensure that he has a smooth transition, otherwise if I do not do so then I might just run into problems come next year."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for the homes daily basic needs like medical care, feeding and education."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough money to sustain all the family's basic needs like proper feeding, medical care and education."

"When one of my children suffered from meningitis about a decade ago, my husband and I sold the livestock we had in a desperate attempt to save his life. Though our efforts did not pay off, he still succumbed to the illness. We have since struggled through educating the rest of the children because we almost exhausted the wealth we had in meeting our late son's costly medication. Matter of fact, two of my first born children dropped out of school due to lack of resources to take them to school. My conscience is constantly haunted by the regret that I did not give them education, an avenue to dignified life."

"My ambition is to become a successful businessman in future. I would want to have a big boutique in town. There is influx of people around Nairobi and I therefore expect my business to grow and make alot of profit in return. My parents passed on while I was young and I had to drop out of school in class 6 to fend for my siblings at a younger age becoming the sole breadwinner. I would collect firewood and metal scraps to sell in order to provide food for my siblings. Having this business means I will be able to take care of my siblings upkeep. I will be able to move them out of slum, give them good medication, better housing as well as supporting them to have quality education. "

"I do not have an additional goal soon apart from paying school fees for my daughter. This had been a big challenge to me and will not like to prioritize on other things apart from my child's education. I believe investing in education is the best of all as this will guarantee my child a better future."

"I value education a lot and this is one thing that I promised to offer my children. I am struggling financially at the moment because I discontinued mine at the primary level since my parents were not supportive enough. This is something that I do not wish to happen to my children. I have five children who are at the primary level, and my biggest concern every day is how to get their school fees. This is now going to change once I receive my transfers. Firstly, I will put part of the transfers in a long term plan, and that is to invest in livestock rearing. This is going to cater to their educational needs once they are in higher levels of education. And for the short term plan, I am going to start a grocery business here at home. This is going to help me meet the daily family's needs like food, clothing and other basic necessities with much ease. With support from my husband, I believe things are going to change for the better, and that is what receiving this money means to me."