"For now, I want to focus all my resources in buying building for putting up my own house. I am tired of sleeping at my friend's house anytime I go visiting at home. I feel its time I have my own house."

"I spent my transfer on buying food for my family. My children had come back home for the holidays and it meant my daily budget would rise since they take all the meals at home. This is why I chose to buy food once a month so that we can never run out of what to eat in the course of the month. I would not want to starve my family."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I have never received such a Mount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message tone from my phone and immediately I informed my daughter to check my message and she informed me that I have received a sum of 55000KES from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I knew I would be in a position to build a better and spacious house to host all my family members comfortably. I am so much grateful for the support."

"I expect my life to change in the next few months because I shall have saved and bought the amount of stock I need to help in the expansion of my business. This will lead to an increase in profit margins which bring in more income hence improvement in our lifestyle. This means I will not have to depend on relatives for financial help as I shall have gained my ultimate independence."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me. I am a small scale farmer and I sometimes do casual jobs in the village to earn an income to meet the basic needs of the family. I could not save some money because of the recurring expenditure at home. I used to wake up early in the morning to look for casual jobs and come back home late. I had no time to bond with my children. Currently, I have bought a dairy cow and get enough milk for my family and I sell the rest to earn an income to meet other basic needs and also pay part of the school fees. I have spent most of my time at home and reduce the time doing casual. I am so much grateful because I have hope that I will be in a position to pay school fees for my children using the savings from the sales of milk. My children would not be sent home like before to collect the school fee."

"People have been wondering how I manage to educate my four children without selling any piece of land which is most common in our region. My case has been so different and it will better in future in that I am thinking of venturing to farming so that I would have money for paying school fees through the sale of produce."

"I expect to expand my business in such a way that I can sell goods in both retail and wholesale. I have the buyers since where I have established the business there is no competition, I am the one selling cereal so it is a privilege to me. I believe expanding it will give me more daily income hence I would be in a position to provide the basic needs for my family with a lot of ease."

"In the next six months, it is my great wish and expectation that I will have completed all the interior setting of our new house with the new furniture in place. This is realistic both to me and the other members of the household since we have been building on our savings for some time now."

"My life will change for the better because by then I will have managed to take care of the expenses such as building a new house for my eldest son. This particular house will also house the other siblings who currently have to spend in my house, which at times is quite embarrassing considering that some of them are already beyond eighteen years of age."

"In the next six months, I see my life changing in the sense that I shall have approached clearing my studies in school and have a good life. I am optimistic that I shall be able to concentrate on the poultry keeping project that I am yet to start and make more income that will change my life in the long run. "