"My goal this year is to get to a point that I can afford to secure my own motorcycle which will ensure I increase the amount of money I make daily. As I had mentioned earlier I am saving monthly $30 of my transfer which is getting me closer to my goal. I also want to go back to animal farming. I used to have chicken before and the number had greatly increased, when I has 50 chicken, I exchanged 10 for a goat until I got 6 goats. This goats gave birth to young ones which grew and after selling them I got to owning two cows which unfortunately died due to the drought. I now want to start rearing chicken and my hope is as the year progresses I will get to this numbers which will allow me go back to where I used to be with my animals."

"As a widow and the only provider for my family, my goal is to ensure that my children can attend school. I have a deep conviction that education will provide them with opportunities. They will be helpful to me because of this. To reduce their fee arrears, I shall use at least half of every transfer I get each month to reduce their fee arrears. The remainder will come in handy in terms of buying food, especially on days when I do not have any other sources of income."

"Normally, whenever the year begins, I always tend to come up with achievable goals. Therefore, at the begining of the year, I developed two main goals. The first goal was to focus on saving part of my monthly transfer and use it to pay school fees for my daughter who is in form four. Secondly, I aim to raise more livestock. Since my enrollment in the cash transfer program, I have so far bought three goats. As they increase in number, life will become less burdensome since I will be able to meet some of the family's needs with little struggles."

"In our area, we suffer more from the drought that is ravaging the entire County. With the assurance of my monthly transfer, I have a goal of raising goats just like my neighborhood. I have witnessed many people benefiting from such ventures whenever they sell them. By choosing to venture into livestock keeping, I will find it easy to take my children to school without having to beg for support from some family members, as it had been the norm before being enrolled in GiveDirectly's program."

"With just a little business selling traditional toothbrushes, I have been struggling to feed my family. Thus, at the beginning of the year, I set the goal of starting a retail business to raise my standard of living. As my wife is unemployed, her participation in a shop will enable my family to supplement their income. Due to the existing business's low revenues, I always need to find other work to raise my level of income. I, therefore, yearn for my wife to be in charge of the business."

"At the beginning of the year, my husband and I sat down and developed a goal of strategizing on making fee payments for our children every month. It has been easy since both of us are beneficiaries. We can always spend some portion to pay fees with ease. We both look forward to seeing our lovely children advancing with their studies beyond the levels we could attain even though we experience difficulties as a result of drought and famine. I am always grateful to GiveDirectly for the cash transfers."

"I decided to expand my tailoring business by adding more materials worth $176 to my shop after receiving the second transfer. I choose to do this to provide individuals the opportunity to purchase the materials from my shop in addition to sewing their clothes from the clothing materials they bring. For me, this has resulted in a sizable profit. Well, the business is growing and helps me support my family. I then paid $30 in school fees for my two elementary-aged kids. I also bought some food for my family because it was a dry season, and I kept the rest."

"Currently, my focus is to construct a toilet at home. Living in a home that had no toilet is very shameful and unhygienic. Not only that I am tired of going to the bush for nature calls but also I cannot withstand the shame of taking my visitors to a neighbor's toilet. Based on this, I aim to build one once I get some money."

"With the current business I have been doing, which earns me at least $3 per day and I hope I will be able to work a little harder to be able to get enough to keep adding the stock in my business.I currently sell soap and fish but due to the current adverse drought, a lot of people are unable to afford even to buy fish. I expect to save extra income from my daily proceeds in the coming year with the goal of acquiring more goats. This will not only reduce the cost that I will daily be incurring and also provide an additional source of income because I will be selling the goats to my immediate neighbors when they give birth and multiply."