"I spent the cash on paying hospital bills for my wife who had gone to deliver our firstborn child. By that time, I had saved approximately 3000 KES which I knew would help me towards the hospital bill payments as well as paying for a transport fee to and from the hospital. I am so glad that the organization sent me the cash at the very right time when I needed it the most."

"In the next six months, I will have started a grocery business. I will be also a poultry farmer because I already own some good number of chickens bought using the transfers. My sources of income will be more than last year and the year before I started to benefit from GiveDirectly. Because of this, I am going to be a reliable mother in my family."

"When I finally buy the solar lighting system which I hope I will have within the next six months, my daily life will definitely change as I will not have to spend daily on kerosene and the brightly lit house will make it easier for my children to read at night without any difficulties. This is great news especially for my child in his final year in primary school and needs to revise more for the final exams later this year."

"I hope that in the next six months, I will have more livestock in my cow shed as I am planning to buy more using the rest of GD transfers. I also have hope of having enough stock of food in my stores because this farming season was a very good one for me. With the help of GD transfers, I was able to buy quality farm inputs and cultivated a much larger piece of land than I ever have before because I could manage to hire labourers to help in the farm activities. I was also able to cultivate a portion of my land that has always been fallow due to lack of resources to cultivate which pleases me because I know my family will go for a very long time before spending on cereals and even have excess to sell in case we have any emergencies."

"In the next six months, I am certain that I will be attending school with little distractions caused by fee arrears. I will have cleared this semesters school fees."

"At my age,am no longer able to do any farm work as well as other duties in the home.I always wished I could own a dairy cow so that I could zero graze.This is because having one will ensure that I will have an income every month without having to strain a lot.Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a dairy shed as well as buy one cow for breeding"

"My piece of land often floods during heavy rains.As such,I cannot plant anything on it and this makes my family prone to hunger.Farming is the main economic activity in this area and without a place to farm,life is very difficult.I am therefore forced to put in extra effort in my motorbike taxi work so that we can have enough to eat as well as meet all the other needs that my household has.This is the biggest hardship I have faced"

"Receiving this money will elevate me from a mud house to a wooden house with an extra room.A wooden house is easier to mantain and it is also beautiful.I will also spend the transfer on buying a dairy cow.This will help me with the basic needs since I will get milk for consumption and for sale.It will also help me pay school fees in the near future."

"Receiving this money will enable me to furnish my house which is in bad shape due to the heavy rainfall that has washed away the paint. I plan to paint the outside part of the house as well as cementing the floor as well as replacing the old iron sheet that leaks whenever it rains. I will then use the remaining part of the money to add two dairy cattle to my herd to boost my income."

"In the next six months, I would wish to complete the payment of the water tank which I obtained on a hire purchase terms. I have been paying a total sum of 2000 KES every month which I am to pay over a period of five months. The total cost of the tank was 20000 KES. I found the deal good since I am already enjoying the use of the tank even though I have not completed its payment. I also aspire to purchase a cow since in the next six months since I have been saving for. I have been hoping to accumulate my savings to around 20000 KES so that I can obtain a mature breed of a cow. All this will be possible since we joined hands with my husband and every month's savings is 4000KES."