"The job that I currently depend on is livestock business. It has been faced with challenges due to insufficient capital and receiving this money means that I will have more capital to invest in it.This will therefore earn me more income that can sustain my family.I will also use part of my transfers to construct a spacious house that can accommodate my family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced was three months ago when I lost my mother after a long illness. I had used most of my savings on her medication leaving me broke. This has somehow led to dependence on my sisters for support but I know now I will be back on my foot due to God sent transfer by Givedirectly."

"In the next six months, I will have bought a cow. I want to buy this because it will help me to get an income from its mil. I will keep it on our farm and raise it up to produce milk. I also expect to have joined college. I will further my education as I continue to receive this money and use it for upkeep."

"Ever since I started a business with the money I received, there has been a lot of peace in my household since I no longer have constant quarrels with my husband over money for food and other household requirements. I now make enough money to purchase most of these items on my own therefore don't have to depend on him. I previously relied on domestic jobs which were unreliable and I would most often come back home empty-handed. On such days, I would wait for my husband to come back home before we could buy any food as we waited for him to provide the money. This mostly angered him and caused the quarrells."

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I was able to lease in a piece of land which I will use for planting sugarcane. From experience with other villagers, I have seen their lives change from the sale of sugarcane. Since it is harvested three times and the input takes place once, the profit margin is always reasonable. I have always desired to plant sugarcane because I know from it my life will help solve some of my family financial demands. This is a dream which has been accomplished with the help of GD. The profit from the sales of my sugarcane will be used to start a retail shop which will expand our source of income and help meet my family financial needs."

"When I received this transfer, I was very happy. This is because it is the first time I received such amount of money in my life. The highest amount I have received in my life is 5000 KES when I was working as caretaker two years back."

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I have my own sheep. Before I got married, my mother used to encourage us that we should always strive to have at least one type of livestock of our own. She used to say out this livestock, we could raise money easily and very fast by selling them to help solve other financial needs within the family without having to beg for help or borrow money. This was a good idea and I have always tried my best to ensure that I have my own. Since I only depended on casual work and the income from the same is too little, I have not been able to afford any type of livestock. When I received this transfer from GD, I first thought of my mother's advice on investing hence I went to buy three sheep. I believe now if I have any urgent financial need, I can sell one of them to raise money to solve the issue. For now, I will keep them and hope they will keep on increasing so that I can sell part of the flock to buy cows."

"I currently sell my products online and hawk some of them in the estate because I do have a stall. Hawking really limits my sales because I cannot carry all my items. For this reason, I am planning to construct a stall with my next transfers so that I can have a permanent place where my customers can always find me and even pick up their online orders. I will also expand the business by adding more stock of my current products and new items that I am currently not able to carry around."

"I was quite excited when I received the money because it is an amount I had never received my entire life before GD. I know these transfers will change my life entirely because if I put them to good use, I am sure I will be of great help to the society, more so my family which is wallowing in poverty."

"I am contracted by the CDC to supply fruits for a feeding program they are currently running in our area. I am glad the money came at a time I was very low on finances since I had not been paid for the previous month's delivery. I used part of the money I received to purchase fruit supplies for two weeks together with other items that were urgently required. I used the rest of it to repay a loan I had borrowed from a friend, paid my rent and purchased a few personal items like clothes and shoes."