"It has empowered financially, such that i have been able to build a house."

"The main challenge is finances which I can use to build a house."

"Give directly has helped this village to have the things that we never had before, things like matress and beddings."

"I am consists being hit by constant hunger due to lack of money for fertilizer for my maize garden which affects my yields resulting in constant hunger on my household"

"The biggest challenge is food access. Our harvest is not enough to support us throughout the year."

"I am more than happy to receive this money as I believe it will help me buy some fertilizers for the next growing season and again I intended to build a more good looking house as the one I currently live in is small and grass thatched and it badly leaks during heavy rain making it very uncomfortable to stay in it"

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by giving money to the poor in the community to build better houses and to buy dairy cows. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well."

"My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have purchased a motorcycle. I used the motorcycle for taxi business. I have employed someone to ride it. I earns KES 300 per day. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has enabled me to own a asset which could have taken quite some time. I save KES 100 and spent KES 200 on the basic needs of my family. I have also created an employment .The ride also get some amount per day. I feel sad happy. I used to do casual jobs and earns KES 200. I could wake up very early in the morning and back home late hours. I had no time to bond with my children. I had no time to work on my farm. Currently I no longer do casual jobs, I have devoted much of my time on my farm and to bond with my children. I have started horticulture farming. I do plant potatoes and vegetables. I know I would get enough food for the family after the harvest. I have hope that I will continue to save some money to buy another motorcycle taxi. This will enable me earn KES 600 per day. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"Receiving this money is a great opportunity for me to finally have a better house. My house is grass thatched and it leaks during rainy season. I want to use the money to buy iron sheets so that i should get done with leaking house and also my house to have a better look."

"When I received my transfer, I spent KES 35000 to build a house for my family. I settled on this since we had been living in a small one room house. Due to this, we did not have privacy at all, my brother had to sleep at our neighbors house and this had always lowered our self esteem. Also, I bought two bulls at KES 18000 so that I can be using them for land preparation purposes during planting season. Also, I will be leasing to people and earn some income that I can in turn spend on our basic needs."