"I'm hoping that after this program I will be able to have my house and start a small business for me and my family. However, gd has done great things for me and my family. Even people in my village lives have changed greatly."

"Before the transfers, I never had cows before as I had no source of income. I used the transfers to buy female cows for kshs 35,000. I decided to buy female cows 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 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."

"I am a parent of three children. Two are in Primary School, a boy and a girl, while the other is in Secondary School in his form one. I used a total of kshs 20,000 to clear their school fees arrears that have accumulated for the past year. Before the transfers, I was living in a small grass-thatched house and it could not fit all my family members. The boys used to sleep in my neighbour's house and this was so inconvenient as they could go so early due to insecurity in my community as most homes do not have access to electricity. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 30,000 to build a spacious decent house for my family. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly transfers."

"I am a parent of three boys who are still in Primary school, they are in classes two, four and five. Before the GiveDirectly transfers, I never had any stable source of income and providing for my family had been the most difficult task I have ever faced. I used the whole of transfer of kshs 53,000 to purchase a power saw for my business. Before I bought the machine I used to hire it from someone else and this was quite expensive as I remained with very little money for my family's basic needs like food, clothing and education."

"I am a parent of five children. Two are in Secondary School, a boy and a girl, while the other is in college studying Information Technology in his first year. I used a total of kshs 20,000 to clear their school fees arrears that have accumulated for the past year. Before the transfers, I was living in a small grass-thatched house and it could not fit all my family members. The boys used to sleep in my neighbour's house and this was so inconvenient as they could go so early due to insecurity in my community as most homes do not have access to electricity. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 30,000 to build a spacious decent house for my family. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly transfers."

"My biggest challenge is money. Money to buy food and other household needs. We don't have food because of how farming goes in our area. We are in a rain shadow zone where farming doesn't field anything. This has made my husband leave for Mozambique in search of greener pastures."

"I hope to see my husband and I have a house of our own where we can happily live in our old age. Also, to see that my home town is developed, where everyone in my town will own a decent house. If I live to see these things happen, it will really make me happy."

"The challenges I am facing is lack of money to take care of my household. I farm, but the weather is not conducive so it's either we harvest less or nothing because of floods or rains stopping early. We harvested 6 bags and are currently portioning since we don't have money to buy more."

"The biggest challenge is food. I am old and can't really work as well as I used to. I have birth to 11 sons and 10 died. I have one alive who just got married and has a year old. Unfortunately, only one of the deceased left a daughter. She's the one I live with now. She goes to find casual work to but food for our household since I can't do much. Our house is small and we are in poverty but we have no money to afford our needs."

"Number one challenge is food. We don't have food because farming isn't going as we expected. This leaves food insecure. We go out to find work to be to afford food but with the rising prices it's not working."