"In the next six months, I expect to have raised a good sum of money to enable my two sons to join their colleges."

"With the brick-making project I am soon starting, I have great expectations in the near future. In the next six months, I expect to have started earning from the project and things will have changed. This project will be helpful in many ways since the little money I am planning to invest in will possibly yield a good profit."

"Lack of support from my spouse in fulfilling the needs of my children has been the biggest challenge i face in life. He is a mechanic but due to his alcoholic nature, he ceased giving me an helping hand in educating our children. Since our land is no longer productive due to drought, crop pests and diseases, i have been forced to search for casual jobsin people's farms, very tedious jobs that i have to do no matter the challenges"

"Receiving this money will see me improve my mud walled house into semi permanent plywood wall. This is going to cost approximately Kshs 20,000 (200usd) of my first transfer. I came to this resolve because maintaining a mud-walled house is a costly affair compared to wood because mud wears off every time it rains and would require replacement. I am going to spend another 20,000 KES (200 usd) to purchase 5 head of sheep at Kshs 4,000 each. When maize farming fails due to the harsh climate and children require fees, food and clothing, this investment is going to become a source of income that will keep my family above water. Sheep are a store of wealth that multiply in a short time. This my contingency plan for the rainy days. "

"Two of my sons have been sleeping in a neighbor's house for a long time. Due to interference there they've never had an ample time to study -which has affected their education. Using about Kshs 30,000 (300usd) of my first transfer I am going to build them a decent house with a solar powered light to help with their studies. This is what receiving this money means to me. "

"I am a dairy farmer and as I expand I always try to minimize costs.I therefore have a plan of buying a chaff cutter machine which will save me time and money while feeding the cows.I incur costs especially because I have to employ someone to do the work.The machine will cost me Ksh 30,000(300 USD).My second plan when I receive this money is cementing the kitchen floor.My long term plan has been to see all the floors of my house cemented.The kitchen is the only room remaining so far.I also want to fence a part of my compound so that I can confine my chicken within the compound.Sometimes they lay eggs and are eaten by stray dogs because the compound is open to all kinds of animals."

"My life is different from how it was before GiveDirectly came into my life in that, I am no longer idle around. I remember when I used to depend on casual jobs, I would just sit and do nothing during the days that I couldn't get a contract. Nowadays when casual jobs are unavailable, I use my time well. I take that time to graze my cows that I recently bought using the transfers I got from Give Directly"

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to do the things I would like to do. At my age, I need a wife but I have not been able to marry because I don't have the finances. I can not bring somebody's daughter here as a wife when I can not take care of her. I don't have any source of income."

"Receiving this money means I have got support that will help me get cultivation land, complete my house and pay children's school fees. "

"The biggest harship my family faces is food shortage. This has come in due to limited sources of earning. My family members have no choice of food but eat what is at thier disposal. This is causing unhealthy growth within the family members."