"My greatest desire has been to have a steady source of income and zero school fees balance for my children in school. Now, receiving this money will mean that, I will use part of it in offsetting all the school fees arrears for my four children in school. Then, I'll use the rest of the transfer to start a dairy farming and as a result generate income through the sale of dairy products."

"I used to be involved in charcoal burning and I spent most of my time in the forest for more than 3 months away from my family. This made me to lose touch with my family and I have not been there for them to provide the father-figure role. Receiving the transfer will enable me to move closer to them as I will buy a brick-making machine at a cost of Ksh. 6000 and open up the business at our local centre Mariango. This will enable me to supply the community with bricks for house construction at a fee and also be able to build a better house for my family. "

"I stay next to Shaka secondary school and I intend to spend part of my transfer on operation of a small canteen in the school compound. I find this as a good business venture as I will be able to prepare tea for the teachers and the students hence making a living out of it. The profit earned from the business will enable me to take care of my family's needs like food and school fees. "

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I now have my own motorcycle. I used to do a motorcycle taxi business but with someone's motorcycle and at the end of the day, I had to pay him KES 300 which was the major part of what I make in a day. The remaining part which I used to take home, was very little even for our daily expenditure. This was the only consistent source of income so I had to keep up even though I knew I could not develop my life with this. When I received this transfer, I used it to buy my own motorcycle which I use for taxi business. Right now from the three weeks I have had it, I have been able to save KES 700 apart what we use daily. I feel my life is now progressing and this is because of Give Directly."

"I plan to make major transformations on my house that is currently made of mud. So the plan is to buy a few bags of cement and sand that i will use to plaster both the interior and the exterior part of the house to make it more durable than it can last right now."

"Paying school fees for my son who just completed his primary school education remains as the primary target for me right now and I expect to accomplish the task with some ease due to the cash that I will be getting from the organization. I do not want him to stay at hoe and miss classes due to lack of school fees that is why i will have to ensure that he goes to school, and get the best education for him to have a better life in the future."

"I want to continue with my agricultural activities and cultivating more land in order to generate more food for the family. The surplus proceeds from the farm I will sell out in exchange for cash which will then be used to sort other household financial needs."

"I expect my life to change by being able to buy another cow because for me I think it is an investment into the future because I will be able to sell them in the near future when I am broke."

"I will have accumulated enough livestock because the sheep will have given birth severally and the cow will also have given birth to a calf so anytime I lack cash I will be in a position to sell out my livestock in exchange of cash. Apart from that, I know that buying food for my family will never be stressful because I will have money to spend on buying a balanced diet for my kids."

"I felt very happy because I never knew I could get such amount of money in my life. This is the highest amount I have ever received in my life ever since I was born. I was used to the little I receive from casual work with the highest amount being KES 1000. This was my best day in so many years."