"The biggest hardship I have faced is the sickness of children with little or no money for treatment."

"Receving this money means i will buy oxen to help me in ploughing of my farm land."

"My goal is to start a hotel business. I will save the income from my business where I sell boiled eggs and sausages and also save part of my monthly transfers and use the savings to start this business. This business will generate more income to provide for my family and pay school fees for my children."

"My life is now different in that, I have constructed a beautiful permanent house. The price of good quality thatch material has gone high of late and this has made it very expensive to sleep in a thatched house. This is because on average a thatched house needs to be renovated annually."

"In the next six months, I expect to own a flock of sheep. I shall use the transfers to buy sheep which will be to me a remembrance of the philanthropic work GiveDirectly has done in our areas. Owning a flock of sheep will indeed change my life positively."

"My goal is to buy a motorcycle and venture into motorcycle business. This be a source of income to meet my basic needs and I will no longer do casual jobs as I do now . Currently, I depend on casual jobs and the money I get is little and could not meet all my basic needs."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have managed to save my transfers. In the past, the money I got from the casual jobs was little and I could only use to buy food. I will use these savings to buy motorcycle and venture into motorcycle business."

"Everyday that I wake up giving thanks to God with joy because I have finally fulfilled my plan of constructing an iron roofed house. The cash transfers have changed my life because I will soon shift to an iron roofed house when complete. More so, I acquired a solar system for lighting up the house at night. Previously, we used to spend on buying kerosene which was also dangerous to our lives."

"My life has changed in that, I am happy because GiveDirectly has empowered me, I have a sense of independence. Before, I used to rely on my parent's support which was a very difficult situation."

"Subsistence farming is my main source of livelihood but it is quite unreliable because of poor rainfall. I therefore supplement my income through harvesting aloevera which earns me around 700 shillings in two months. It has always been my desire to achieve a stable source of income that will meet my family needs with ease. Receiving this money therefore means starting a grocery business in my village, which I am sure it will thrive because of the current drought. Besides, I will purchase oxen to scale up farming and also hire them at a fee. This will enhance food security in my family, which I believe it is the only way towards meeting other expenses like education, medical and clothing."