"Receiving this money will mean a lot to me. I am married to a polygamous family. My husband left me with my 2 children and went to stay with the second wife in Londiani. I was left to take care of the children alone. I took up a job in a flower farm that its contract ended in July. The first thing that I will do with the money is build a 3-roomed, iron roofed house with KES 40,000. I will buy a cow with KES 30,000 from the transfer that I will receive so that I can get milk for my family because right now I either buy or get from my mother-in-law. I will use the remaining amount to feed my family."

"Receiving this money means access to education for my children. I have a family of six children who are attending school in a local primary school in the village. Most of the time, they are sent home due to lack of school fees. Raising the school fees for all the six children has been difficult because I do not have a source of a stable income. I depend on charcoal burning business which is not reliable as there are no longer trees for this business. Besides, I get very little amount of money of about $3 a day. This is not enough to cater for food and pay school fees for my children. I intend to use the first cash transfer from GiveDirectly to pay the school fee balances for my six children which is close to $ 10. I will then use the remaining amount of money to buy eight goats to keep as an investment for my children education."

"There was a time i was sick and was admitted in the hospital for a long time this made me miss alot of opportunities and farm activities when i was out we suffered because we had very little money to support for the family as alot was spent on hospital costs."

"I have desired to invest in livestock because it is the only way I can save my money to earn a profit when I sell them after they multiply. Therefore I intend to start with 10 goats that will cost me $300 of my first transfer. The remaining amount of my first transfer will cater to food expenses and other household needs. With my second transfer, it will help me to buy a new bed and a mattress to replace the old ones which do not give me a nice sleep. I will further use the remaining amount to pay school fees for my grandchildren."

"Food insecurity is the biggest hardest that I have ever faced in my life. I am a charcoal vendor. The income of this job is minimal, usually $40 per month, and cannot sustain us. Seeking help from my relatives has always been the case and this gives the feeling of shame."

"Financial Crisis is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. I am a charcoal vendor, the job is tiresome and time-consuming yet its earnings are very little of $40 per month. This amount cannot fully sustain the needs of the family. We occasionally skip meals or borrow from other relatives something that ashames me."

"Besides me being a hard-working woman. Attaining a good job has been the biggest challenge in my life. I work as an aloe vera harvester, this job is very tiresome and earns me 1000 shillings per kilogram in a week. This amount is too little and can not sustain all our basic needs such as education and shelter."

"Receiving this money means an improved living standard to my household. This is because I rely on casual labor-charcoal burning business which is tiresome, labor-intensive, and earns at most Kshs.1,200 per week which is not enough for my needs. I plan to spend a portion of the transfer to pay school fees for my children so that they get education. I will also spend Kshs.37,000 to buy two indigenous cows and ox plough that I will hire to my neighbors to earn a living. The remaining amount will help me cater to other basic needs such as food and medicine."

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

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