"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have been able to own things like cattle that I never had before."

"The moment I received the message of the money, I felt very excited because I had never recieved such a huge amount of money at once."

"In the next six months, I expect that we'll have raised enough money that my spouse will use to pay my dowry. This will make me proud as a woman."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have a stable source of income from the poultry project. I am planning to start this project using the money I will get from merry go round. I am also planning to save some money I will get from motorcycle business and add to the income I will get from my poultry project to buy a dairy cow. This will therefore produce enough milk for the family and I will thus save the money I would have otherwise used to buy milk."

"In the next six months, I expect to have constructed a house for my son so that he won't be sleeping in the same room with sheep and chicken."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm living a much more healthy and happy life always."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a bigger and iron-roofed house courtesy of the transfers from Give Directly. Earlier on I used to live in a small grass thatched house with a leaking roof. This house was really small that It could not accommodate my large family really well; I have 8 children and at night we could not all fit well when sleeping. Am glad I used part of the transfers to buy building materials which I used to construct the new house I have now. I feel at peace because we night is now better, warmer and space is enough for all of us."

"I expect to have a sewing machine in the next six months which is one thing I have always wished to have but lacked money for buying it. Having my own sewing machine will enable me to practice my profession on dressmaking as well as earn me a living. I will also be able to earn more income which will allow me to give my children the best care."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have started a second business probably running an Mpesa shop. I know that when this business actualizes, I will be able to save the money that I will finally use to build a decent house since the current one is in a bad condition."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have expanded my business. When this happens, I will be sure of more profits that I will be able to easily use in taking care of my extra needs or emergencies easily."