"I am planning to buy a dairy cow to generate income for my children's education. This will cost about $150 of my first transfer. I will no longer have to engage in tedious wood pecking so I can sell to take care of my family."

"There is really a big difference in comparison to the life I am living now and how it would have been without the transfers. My life has improved a lot and many things that I own now would not have been there. I managed to buy livestock, construct a new house, furnish it up and also the foodstuff is now available in our household all times."

"I was still on my bed when my phone when I heard my phone ring continuously. This was so unusual because ever since I got the phone it has never rung such an hour. I decided to check who could ave sent the message. Upon checking, I realized it was an mpesa message from GD. I was very happy and immediately started celebrating."

"In the next six months, my life will have changed from how it is currently. I am optimistic that I will have expanded my business. Due to this, I will be able to meet most of our needs on time. My children will not be missing their classes as a result of being sent back home to collect school fees since I will be paying them on time. With this, their grades in school will improve and they will be able to further their studies to the tertiary level."

"My life is different now compared to if I had never received the transfer. I am now living in a good house and producing milk from my own cows and at least my children are schooling well."

"Since I have been longing to have my own permanent house, having my own has made my daily life to be totally different. My life has been so miserable since I got married because of the condition of the house. It was just a small traditional hut with some weak walls which had holes all over and a leaky roof. Life during the winter seasons has never been good. We could not afford to sleep because we were rained on, we really had no difference with someone who sleeps under a tree. It is now a great relief because u never thought I will own one anytime soon. We are now sleeping comfortably with my family and I feel we are safe compared to the previous one. I am currently enjoying my marriage ever since I got the new decent house courtesy to GiveDirectly."

"In the next six months, I believe that I would have started harvesting crops which I am yet to plant soon. I am thinking of planting potatoes and beans which takes a shorter period to harvest. There is a high demand for this produce and I believe that it will earn me good money that will enable me to pay school fees for my children."

"GD uplifted my life in different ways. First, it enabled me to build a house for my family. Due to this, my children now have a place to study from in the evening and where to sleep peacefully. Also, they no longer sleep at our neighbor's house as they did before. Also, I was able to buy a heifer using my transfers. I believe that it will be calving soon and I will be able to save the money I would otherwise use in buying milk. All this makes my life currently different from how it would have been had I not received the transfers."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a pair of oxen which I acquired using the transfer that I received from GiveDirectly. This has been my long-time dream but I could not afford it because I was jobless and old. Having the pair will help me with my farming activities. I am now planning to practice large scale farming since it will be easier to prepare the farm with the help of the bulls. Basically the plan to combined subsistence farming and for commercials farming a great idea. Farming is what I believe will make my life change since from the sale of the crops, I will be able to get money in return and meet my family needs with easy. This will finally upgrade my living standards"

"I expect to change my life over the next six months because I have just begun milk production. I have a daily income that will go on for the next 9 months. I expect that I will not have any more difficulty in providing for the family."