"I am a casual labourer, I do construction work most of the time, I have always wanted to buy a dairy cow but this was not realised due to financial constraints, We buy milk daily of which a litre sells at $4, This is very expensive to afford daily. When I received my transfer I bought a dairy cow worth $250, In addition to that, I needed to improve my house hence I bought an iron sheet worth $180, I am so relieved and happy that I was able to spend my transfer wisely in a way that I am positive that it will have a great impact in my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have build a better house for my family. We used to live in a small grass thatched house which was leaking from inside. The house was so small and could not host all the family comfortably. I do small scale farming and my spouse do casual jobs in the village. The amount of money that we get through this is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs of the family including buying building materials to build a better house. My children were exposed to cold during the rainy season. The grass thatched house was almost falling apart. Whenever we had visitors there was no extra space to host them. This was so demoralizing because we could only host them outside or at neighbors house. When I received the transfer I felt so happy and the first thing was to buy building materials. Currently we have a spacious house which can host all my family members comfortably. Whenever I have visitors I no longer get worried. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard. I hope to work hard and ensure that my children get better life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have started a business of buying and selling maize. I spent 400 dollars on this amazing business which I had always wished to start. I do casual jobs in the village and small scale farming. The amount of money that I get through this is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs of the family. I used to wake up very early in the morning to look for a job and sometimes I could not get it. My family could go hungry. When I received the transfer I found it wise to invest in income generating project. We had discussed this with my spouse and agreed on selling maize. Currently we get some profits from this and we save some and invest back some to expand the business. My children are no longer go hungry. I have devoted much of my time doing this business. I wish to grow it to meet all the demand of my customers. I have hope that I will sell other serials also and even start a retail shop .I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has given us hope to work hard and ensure that we provide for our families."

"I spent the second transfer buying iron sheets, door frames and nails in readiness for a new house that I have started to build. I also bought 15 bags of 50kgs maize for household consumption. I also rented one acre of farmland and 1 bag of fertilizer. Thank you so much"

"I wa form the deqam, after checking it was an mpesa"

"I could not believe that I have received this huge amount of money when I saw the alert."

"The biggest difference in my life is that now i am able to afford building a house, and eventually i will have my own house."

"I was so happy because I received the money to build a house"

"The day I received the money I felt joy in my life because this money has helped a lot"

"GiveDirectly does well in giving out unconditional cash transfers which helps us solve our problems. GiveDirectly did not do well in giving out only two transfers; at least they could have given me 3 transfers to finish my house construction project properly."