"My life is currently different from how it was before because I now own a big semi-permanent house. I had started building this house sometimes back but due to lack of enough money, I was stuck along the way. It had become a laughing stock in my neighborhood since people saw me as a poor planner who built castles in the air. I am glad I was able to shut them down when I finally completed constructing the house. I also made a good harvest after hiring labor and buying a few farm inputs. This meant cultivating a larger area of land and ensuring that I got healthier crops. I am glad I have adequate food that will last us up to the next season. I even have an option of selling some bags and earn more money which will help me in settling the other needs."

"In the next six months, I want to ensure I pay school fees for my children promptly. I would not feel good when my children are sent home for school fees and they waste time at home while others are studying. I want them to have the best in educations so that when they are done, they will support when they get well-paying jobs."

"The biggest hardship I am facing is starting to buy household items since my house got burnt two months back."

"The biggest hardship I am facing is little or no food because the husband has low income to maintain the family."

"In the next six months l expect to have bought build materials and started build my house."

"In the next six months l expect to have got enough produce from my farming being that l am planning to do large farming."

"My life is different in that, I was living a hand to mouth kind of life, because of low in come. I have children in school that required me to pay fees, I also lacked good chairs which I bought. We agreed to at least buy some cows for milk production, both for nutrition in the family and for income. All these were not easy to get."

"When the FOs came to my house during census enrollment, my family had nothing to show as my possession, but now I am able to say that I have welding work shop that gives me good income, my wife is also has fish business and our economic status has improved. I was like a beggar with nothing to show, but now I have got good income."

"My life is different in that, when my mother was sick, I was dissolution and thought that she could die should I failed to get money required in the hospital. When money was sent to me, the first thing I did was to pray to God for the miracle GD has done. Right now, mum has fully recovered and now very healthy to do her own thing as usual."

"My life is different in that, I have everything I wished to do in case resources should be available. I invested in business of selling shoes. I buy them from Nairobi and sell them in the local center. Out of my business I am sure of sustaining my family, since business is paying well.Truly God has opened for me a way of getting my daily bread through GiveDirectly. "