"I had purchased all the fencing poles I needed when I received the second transfer. I had been hoping to fence all around my piece of land and make some partitions on the grazing fields for my livestock for easy restraining and rotational grazing. I purchased two rolls of barbed wire each at KES 7000 and managed to put up a strong fence that I hope will last for many years to come. I also needed a store to reduce the huge piles of languages that were filling up the space in my living room and had to purchase iron sheets, building poles, and also hired a builder who did a great job at a cumulative cost of KES 16000. I spent KES 10000 out of the remaining amount on purchasing a calf that I am currently rearing with high hopes that it will serve my family in school fees payment for my children through milk production and even selling off the offspring. My children got a chance to spend the remaining amount on clothing and other personal needs that me them excited and grateful to GiveDirectly for the generous support that we received."

"I do not have any new goals so far because the one I had in mind for years which was the issue of housing, I was able to achieve. I am now a happy mother because GiveDirectly has empowered me to build a new house that can accommodate all my family members."

"GiveDirectly deciding to go to a place with high poverty index level where people feed from hand to mouth is a noble duty. With the transfer, we were able to achieve so many things in life. First, people were able to build houses, those who had no livestock bought one while others added thus increasing the number of live assets they owned."

"My goal has been to buy a piece of land and I am glad that I have already done an investment that I will use to achieve this. Currently, I aim to look for money that I will use in building a house so that I can relocate and start doing some investment knowing that I will never leave that place. Since I was able to put into action good farming practices, I am optimistic of a good harvest and I will sell part of it and use the money to achieve my goal of building a house."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent KES 30000 to pay for my spouse's medication, KES 2500 on food, and used the remaining 20000 to pay school fees for my son in college so that he would be allowed to sit for his end-of-semester examinations. My spouse became sick a few days before receiving our second transfer and I am glad that the transfer came in handy as it enabled him to seek medical attention on time. Even though he is still admitted, I am happy that GiveDirectly enabled us to seek treatments early before the situation could get worse."

"I was able to achieve my goals and acquire most of the items that I never thought would be possible for me to achieve on-time courtesy of GiveDirectly. With this, my life will never remain the same again and I give all credit to GiveDirectly. This was no different with other people since those who had no better houses have been brought to the same level as those who had decent houses."

"GiveDirectly is a God-sent organization to people living in abject poverty. With the financial aid that we received, we were able to transform our lives by building more permanent iron-roofed houses, paying school fees for our children, and acquiring livestock. When one visits our village and he had visited six months ago, he will notice the difference at a glance since there's no compound that lacks an iron-roofed house."

"Having accomplished the plan of extending a room for my children and cementing the floor of our kitchen using the transfer, my goal now is to build a store that will be used to store our animal feeds and to cement our milking shed. This is because the store we currently have is old and our animal feeds usually get spoiled during the rainy season while the shade is always dusty during the dry season. I am planning to start saving money from the sale of milk and start buying the building materials in bits while I also pay school fees for my 4 children in different levels of education."

"We used to depend on a poultry project and crop farming before GiveDirectly came for enrollment. With a young family, we saw the need of having another source of income since we knew that we will have more responsibilities when we have children. Due to this, we decided to spend KES 37000 to purchase a motorcycle after topping up some amount from our savings. My spouse is currently using it to offer taxi services while I concentrate on farming and poultry projects. In addition, I spent KES 3000 buying two seats since the ones we had was old-fashioned that usually made people feel uncomfortable sitting on them, and we had only three. Also, I used KES 2500 to pay a deposit for a solar panel and battery for lighting purposes so that I can be paying for them in installments of KES 60 daily for the next two years and spent the remaining KES 10000 on food."

"My major goal was to acquire a dairy cow, and I am happier that, I was able to stick to the initial plan that I had earlier, I am optimistic that with time I will be able to sell milk thus earning an income."