"My family are so thankful to be receiving this money because it will ease alot of our problems. I have a thatched roof which is covered in plastic and during the rainy season we experience alot of leakages and our personal belongings and house is damaged in the process. I plan on using this money to buy iron sheets and investing in fertilizer so that we can yield alot of maize that we can eat during the course of the year."

"When i received the transfer i was happy becaused it would change my life completely"

"Being the sole provider in a family of 11 is quite challenging. This because I do not have a reliable income as I depend on short term tenders. Sometimes I can spend almost 2 months without a job. On a good day I earn around 800 shillings but this amount is insufficient because the family is big. It is quite difficult to meet all our needs and sometimes I feel like a failure. In this regard I can say financial instability is my biggest hardship."

"Before I respond, let me begin by thanking GiveDirectly for this cash grant. It was a timely assistance from this organization as I was in great need of the same. With this transfer I have bought iron sheets and other building materials. Very soon I will start building a proper house. It will be the first of its kind in my entire life, that is to have a good house. Iam grateful to GiveDirectly for the money."

"Receiving this money means buying land for my nuclear family. For the past 15 years, I have been sharing community land which as of now it's no longer fertile and also it has become small due to the increase of the family sizes. I am planning to spend 80,000 Kenya shillings to purchase my 2-acre land and plant coconut and cash nuts plants. I believe that in 5 years to come, they will produce and I will be able to sell at least 50 coconuts in a day at 30 shillings and cash nuts. This is going to generate income for my family in the future. Other than that, I will invest the remaining amount in my children's education."

"I was very excited when I received an sms alert from GiveDirectly that I have received my cash grant. It was a special moment for me because for once I knew that my financial difficulties will be a thing of the past."

"When I received my transfer, I bought a heifer worth KES 15000. When it calves, the income from the sale of surplus will enable me to meet some of our needs on time. Also, I used KES 10000 to pay school fees for my children so that they would not be sent back home. In addition to this, I purchased a cupboard and some seat cushions at KES 15000. I settled on this so that my utensils will always remain clean last long without breaking. Using the remaining amount, I bought some clothes for my children and food to last us for some time."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer worry where to get grass to replace the old ones for the roofing of my kitchen. This is because I was able to build a more spacious iron-roofed kitchen using part of my transfers. Also, building this kitchen has boosted my self esteem. This is because I am not afraid anymore to welcome any visitors to my home as I am assured that they will have a place to sleep in comfortably."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now a happy person. This is because I have been able to build a decent kitchen for my family. Due to this, we no longer use the old one that had a leaking roof and walls that had been invested by ants. I am now glad and my heart is at peace knowing that the danger the previous kitchen had posed in our lives is no longer there."

"Iam living in poverty because i only depend on casual labour."