"I never thought of receiving such an amount in my life. However, the coming of GiveDirectly has opened my eyes to see beyond how I will improve my livelihood. The money has enabled to me acquire things that I was incapable of getting. I was thankful and happy upon getting the financial support."

"Acquiring the goats is the biggest difference to me as I will keep them as my own assets and through them, I will be saving for the future of my children education. I know that once they reproduce and increase in number I will be able to sell them in case of any financial problem that requires a lot of money."

"In the next six months, I am planning to buy a dairy cow. I joined a table banking group where we all contribute about KES 40,000 monthly. In the next six months, my saving s will have matured and I will l use them to buy a dairy cow. I will then sell the milk and from the earnings, I get I will direct them towards meeting my family's daily needs. My family will be quite okay as far as milk consumption and basic needs is concerned."

"I believe my life will change in the next six months because I will be able to cater for my family needs easily. My biggest worry is school fees since I don't want to fail my kids. I have been working hard to pay fees so that they don't miss lessons. It is not my wish to have them perform poorly because of not playing my part. I will use the wages I get from my casual jobs to cater for my other needs and use the transfers from GiveDirectly to pay school fees. In six months time, I will be able also to plan well and strategize on how to allocate all my sources of income. This will give me peace of mind since my life will be well planned with less worries."

"The biggest difference is that I boosted my cloth business which is earning me a good profit. I am now paying rent and school fees for my child with a lot of ease. I no longer depend on assistance from my parents unlike before when my parents used to do all this for me. I am very happy because I am financially independent."

"When I received the transfer, I was happy for it is long since I received such an amount of money and which I never expected in all my life that I would get it without working for it."

"When I received my first transfer, I was really overjoyed. I have never received such an amount of money in my entire life. in fact, I had to call someone to escort me to an M-Pesa agent for security purposes. That was a turn around in my life since my dream had finally come through."

"On receiving the notification from GiveDirectly, I felt relieved and happy again since, through the transfer, I would be able to acquire my own cows for milking. This alone brought joy into my life again that I will no longer buy milk."

"I will be having good capital for my grain business from saving the transfers. I will have a lot of money form the profits that can go a long way in educating my children and meeting our daily needs."

"In the next six months, I will have full settle the loan hence I will have a chance to go a high amount. I will have a better house since I expect to have to have fully completed my house construction and will have also started a new business with the new loan. This will always be my happiness in my life to come."