"My life will change for the good once I am able to build my house and have my family live in a more spacious building that can comfortably accommodate everyone so that we will not have to squeeze in a small building like we do today."

"My goals is to use the join a tertiary institution in the coming year using the cash transfers that I will be getting from the organization."

"I expect that in the near future I will be able to further expand my business so that the amount of money I make everyday can also increase. This expansion will make the business self-sustaining so that when we get to the time when the organization stops sending me cash, I will be ale to rely on the business as a source of income."

"I want to learn a bit of mechanics engineering within the next few months so that I can start my own motorcycle repairing garage and I know I will be able to make a lot of cash by starting such a business prospect."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is poverty that made me very sad and sick more often due to much thoughts."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life has been hardship in getting money to sustain myself and also lack of land to cultivate."

"I have always wanted to be a watermelon farmer but it has not been easy for me to do so due to the heavy investment it requires including a water source. These transfers come at a better time because I will be able to buy seeds and prepare land for the watermelons. At the same time I will invest on water tanks for water harvesting which I will use in irrigating the farm. This business will provide me with profits that I can use in paying school fees for my children. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is food insecurity for my family following heavy rains which swept away my farms last year.We have no cereals in the stores and this forces us to sleep hungry because even the water vending business run by my husband in Mombasa can not generate enough money to enable us buy adequate food. This year,we are already starring at drought and this makes us fearful that the situation may worsen in future."

"I don't always switch off my phone at night, as I was sleeping I was woken up by a vibration from the phone. I reluctantly reached the phone and to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, knelt to thank God for the miracle and also to ask God to bless GiveDirectly abundantly so that they can continue helping the needy."

"I expect my life to change because once I have increased the stock capacity of business so that the income capacity goes up."