"Before the transfers, I never had cows before as I had no stable source of income. I used the transfers to buy female cows for kshs 35,000. This is for milk production for my family's consumption and sale. I do casual work to earn a living and most of the time the pay is too little to cater for my basic needs, I do top it up with the money from selling milk and this has enabled me to take care of other basic needs like food, clothing and kids school fees. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 20,000 to buy a piece of three-seater furniture. I used to fear hosting friends and relatives as I never had enough seats for them, but my self-esteem has improved since I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly."

"My short-term goal is to expand my quarry. be able to serve more people and, in turn, make more money. My long-term dream is to increase my livestock and poultry count. Be able to sell more milk, eggs, and meat to ensure we are making more money for our family."

"GiveDirectly excels at uplifting the downtrodden. Thanks to them, I feel I have a new lease on life as well as feeling accomplished, thanks to now having my own property. They have given me my self-worth and confidence back. I can hold my head up high again, and I pray they come back and continue to walk with us."

"GiveDirectly has made dreams come true. They excel at transformative philanthropy. Thanks to them, both our family and countless others in the community were able to take our kids to school as well as do countless projects that will positively influence our lives and the lives of those around us for years to come."

"I'm a farmer with 2 beautiful children with my spouse. We have been struggling to build our own house because where I'm currently living is in bad condition, especially during the rainy season. I had been worried about how to build a house with 3 bedrooms until Givedirectly helped us. My last transfer was spent on zinc, cement and other building materials for the completion of my house."

"A few years from now, I want to see myself in my own home with the family living a beautiful and comfortable life.We intend to get married after the completion of our house."

"Since I wasn't fortunate to acquire an education because of lack of support as a mother of two, I intend to support my children to the fullest by relocating them to the city to acquire quality education for the future."

"I live with my spouse and 3 children: a boy and two girls. My spouse works as a casual labourer on a plantation, but what he earns a month is not sufficient for sustainability.Our dear hope has been to have a comfortable place call home.The third transfer was spent on land in the city to enable us to build a house to call ours."

"In the coming year and beyond, I will be concentrating on payment of school fees for my children. I have three in secondary school which means I need to put in a lot of effort in order to pay their school fees in time. I do not want a situation that will see my children being sent home for school fees as my desire has always been to see them get the best in terms of education. I look forward to accumulating enough money from the motorcycle work that I do as well as subsistence farming as well."

"When I received my second transfer, I used $500 to cement the floor of our main house. I then used the remaining amount of $50 to buy clothes and food for my family. We had had to live in a house with uncemented floor for quite a long time since we had no money to complete it. The subsistence farming that I relied on could provide us with just enough to feed my family and meet other basic household needs. With seven children who look up to us to meet most of their needs, we could not raise money enough to bring our construction to completion. I am so happy that with GiveDirectly transfers we have been able to bring the construction work to completion. My husband who does odd casual jobs to support the family needs could not raise such money too and we were not sure of when this project could come to its completion."