"My life is different from how it was before since I have been able to build a house for my children. Due to this, they will no longer share one sleeping place as brothers and sisters which made me worried that they might commit incest since they are growing up with a lot of curiosity in them .I have been able to pay part of the school fees for my children early enough with the profits from the charcoal business that I started with the transfer. Therefore, I am now glad that they will continue with their studies without any interruptions as long as the business still operates."

"I expect to have saved enough in the merry go round group that we have started in our village to enable me to fence my compound to look decent and also to buy some goats."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough in the merry go round group and also from the small business that I currently run to enable me to buy a piece of land and start horticulture farming."

"In the next six months l expect to have saved and bought a cow as my long term investment. The will help me if future when I have emergency. "

"I had long built a house long before GiveDirectly came but I ran out of money to finish it. I was able to finish up the building using the transfers from Givedirectly. I am glad that In also bought one more cow for rearing. Now I have under my own name."

"After receiving this money I will spend $180 and $60 to buy a dairy cow and a dairy goat respectively. Being an ASAL area, food is hard to come by thus milk and tea become a substitute for maize. When our children come home from school during lunch hour, they had better take a cup of tea than go back to school in empty stomachs."

"Receiving this money is a big relief to my wife and I. She will no longer have to walk about five hours a day to look for casual jobs to provide for our children's education. Two of our children are in secondary school while another is in the university. Receiving this money will enable us pay their fees totalling to $300."

"Looking after cattle is a lighter duty I am comfortable with. Therefore when I receive this money I am going to buy a dairy cow to provide me with milk for consumption so as to eat healthy and acquire a dignified life I deserve in my old age."

"I recently had to rebuild my house after the heavy rains destroyed my old house.I therefore had to spend all the money that I had saved with the intention of putting up an investment on building it.Receiving this money will enable me buy a motorbike and through it I will be able to earn an income to support my family of four."

"My daughter informed me that I had received money at around 8:00 am. I became very happy because I had got money to acquire building materials and to pay construction workers."