"I want to start rearing poultry. I want to buy a wire mesh and build a fairly large poultry house for me to keep these chicken."

"My life is currently different from the way it would be if I did not receive the money in that I have always wanted to own goats but my dream was to have around seven of them but now I'm encouraged to own more number of goats."

"I spent my third transfer on house construction materials in readiness for building a better house on our own compound as expected by Luo traditions and relocating. We have been planning to do this for some time but it has been difficult due to low finances."

"I spent part of my third transfer to re-stock my retail shop with 20,000 KES . I started the business with 15,000 KES from my second transfer, and from it I have saved so far 10,000 KES towards our daughter's second term Secondary school fee, and I still have time to save more before the month of May . I have also bought 10 birds from my Retail shop profits, and as we talk I have a total of 27 four week old chicks,will be selling chicken soon. Before GD financial support, I was at Zero and worth nothing, I was a full time house wife and depended fully on my husband's little and unpredictable income . I thank GD that these days I am a Partner with my husband since I am a contributor to the household budget."

"My life is different from the way it would be if I did not receive the money in that I can now have long termed plans knowing that I'll be receiving the money monthly."

"My life is currently different from how it would have been had I not received the transfers in that I am now happy that my daughter is able to be back home early from school to assist me in some household chores since before the transfers she used to arrive home very late"

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to train my self on boat making and now I can do it on my own and earn income ."

"The biggest achievement that I am proud of in my life was venturing into poultry farming which has enable me raise some income through selling them and as a result been able to fend for my family."

"My life is different because I received the transfer in that I now live a happy and relaxed life. If I didn't receive the transfer, my life would still be in as disorganized way lacking and my business not going anywhere. For this, I thank GiveDirectly so much. "

"My life so different because all my property that I was planning to sell of to get money to educate my children and sustain my family is still there. If I had not received the transfer, I wound have sold most of my assets"