"My friend came visiting very early in the morning, I thought maybe he had a problem, but I ruled this out because he was looking all happy, he then broke the good news that he had received money from GiveDirectly, I immediately rushed to the bedroom to switch on my phone, this is because I normally switch off my phone at night before retiring to bed, upon checking I realized that I had received the money the previous night at 11:34 pm, I was very happy and excited, I had booked a dairy cow from my friend, therefore I knew that I will be able to pay for it successfully."

"I usually cut palm make oil and set tract to support my family but to find plam now is hard because everybody cutting plam so to find it now is very difficult, so if I am qualify for this program and i received any money from Givedirectly I am going to send my daughter in Cestos to go to school, the learning process here is very poor and I am also going to buy zinc to zinc my house and lastly I am go to buy my goat to raise."

"Building a house has been one of my biggest dreams. I currently live in a grass-thatched house with my three children which are small for us. This is also the only house I have that acts as the kitchen, living room, and bedroom. It often gets smoky when cooking and it's small to accommodate visitors whenever I have visitors. I have started the plans of building another, but I stopped due to a lack of finances. I plan to use KES 30,000 to buy other building materials. For the rest of the amount, I plan to buy one cow so I will not be purchasing milk like I am doing at the moment."

"I was making business before but my market brake down because my husband is sick, so if I am qualify for this program and I received any money from Givedirectly I am going to start my business again to support my children in school and walk after my husband illnesses because it is a African sign."

"I want to continue education to earn a degree, that will help me become a better person in society, but due to lack of money, all of my dreams have gone down the drain. Therefore I can say my major challenge faced is lack of finance."

"My major challenge faced is lack of finance. I am a hunter who goes to the bush to hunt, sell the meat, than provide food for my family. But most often, the trap do not catch meat, this cause me to be down financially and unable to provide for my family."

"I am an 88-year old woman and because of arthritis disease that I have, I feel so much pain whenever I walk. The distance between my main house and the kitchen is a bit distant and my desire is to bring them closer together so that I do not struggle as is the case now. Because of age, I do not engage in any economic activity that can earn me money to have another kitchen constructed. I plan to spend KES 15000 to build a spacious kitchen that is closer to my main house. Receiving this money will enable me to accomplish my desire of having a kitchen closer to the main house so that I can move easily between the two houses"

"I was a fisherman but things have become so difficult and fish is not dying as we expect, so I am sitting home and have nothing doing. Because of this reason, I have decided to start a business with my cash transfer. I want to start selling things that are in demand in my community. Like slippers, clothes and soft drink. I will also save some of the cash to build my house later.Presently the house we are in does not belong to my family and I."

"My wife and I are consistent farmers in the Village, We specialize in tomatoes and onion farming, though these crops are seasonal, together we are blessed with four children. Upon receiving my transfer we thought of purchasing a dairy cow so that we would cut down the cost of milk daily, this is because a litre sells at KES 50, yet one little is not enough for our daily consumption, therefore we bought a cow worth KES 35,000, I then replayed the household items like my beddings which were worn out with new one's where used KES 6400, lastly, I used KES 5000 in buying seed and manure. I am so happy to have accomplished so much within a short time."

"I have two children in secondary school and college whom I have to pay for their academic fees. I used to depend on maize farming as a source of income but over 5 years now the maize has been affected by lethal necrosis and its yield has reduced. I then resorted to casual jobs weeding peoples farm where I earn KES 100 per day however it is insufficient to meet all my household needs. So when I receive this transfer I will use KES 20000 to clear school fee arrears and the remaining amount I will use to complete house construction."