"I am grateful to have been enrolled in this programme. As you can see my house is not finished. I will use this money to finish up my house with cement on the floor and plaster outside. I will also buy mattress and beddings"

"I struggle with my personal life. I have been married three times and my marriages do not last. The men leave me to take care of my children on my own which us a huge problem for me"

"Building a new strong house that should be big enough is what receiving this money means to me, unlike before i was married te house was big enough for my self but now it is small and when my family is growing it will be hard for us all to fit so i would like to use this money to build a house."

"This money will help me to buy iron sheets, cloths and blankets."

"I fail to feed my child because i only depend on farming."

"Iam unable to feed my family."

"My life is different after receiving my transfer in that, I was able to boost my livestock rearing job by additional 3goats and one cow. I am getting enough milk supply for my family unlike back in the days that I had to purchase it from my friend. In addition, I was able to acquire a piece of land near our marketplace. I am planning to construct a rental house when I save enough money in the future."

"At my age,I can hardly do most farmwork.The only activities that I can comfortably engage in is herding livestock because it is less tiresome.To substitute the less farming that I do,I would like to add two cows to the one I have and some goats.This will approximately cost approximately Sh 50,000.Receiving this money will enable me achieve this as well as buy some food to keep me and my grandson going."

"In April,we had some little dividends from a savings group.With this,we decided to build a two-rooomed brick-walled house so that the house we currently live in can be left as a sleeping place for my sons.We however underestimated the entire cost of construction and have since been stuck halfway.This program from GiveDirectly has come at a time when I was wondering how I will bring this house even close to completion.I am now quite relieved because I have hope that we will receive this transfer and therefore I will use the entire transfer to buy materials and labour to complete it."

"Being a tailor my ambition has always been to start a tailoring shop to boost my income. However, this has never been achievable because I lack capital. Currently I use a rented sewing machine which requires 900 shillings a month and in most cases I fail to raise it. To make it worse, it broke down 3 months ago which means I cannot work. Receiving this money therefore means realizing my dream. I will use around 25000 shillings to purchase a sewing machine and fabrics to set up the shop. This will see an improvement in my financial status."