"The difference in my life is that I have manage to restock goods to boost my business of selling domestic goods. The business is now doing well and I'm able to get more profit which I could not get before. I no longer depend on my spouse to provide for me everything because I used the profit to meet my daily household needs and also to support my spouse to pay school fees for our children. I'm so happy because I now have stable source of income. I also no longer pay rent as I used to do before. "

"If I could not receive cash transfer from give directly I could not have managed to put up a nice spacious iron roofed house as I did. I could still be staying in a very small a grass-thatched leaking house and very sure by now it could have fallen down. I am very grateful to Give directly for changing my life."

"I depend solely on my husband's monthly salary to cater for almost all the expenses. The salary is hardly enough to sustain all these. I feel that I should have a part to play in catering for these expenses but with no job/ means to start a self employment project, I am left with no option but to be a housewife. The feeling of seeing my husband toil to cater for all of us with no additional input from me sums up the biggest hardship in my life."

"Its one year now since I completed my undergraduate studies and I have not secured employment. I have attended several interviews but to no avail. When I completed my studies I could no longer get support from my parents. I had to move out .Living independently has not been easy given that I was fresh from college. I had to crush at a friend's place whom I helped him out in his cyber cafe business in order to get money."

"I have always desired to do 3 things; zero grazing, rear poultry and boost my hotel business.. Due to financial constraints, I have not been able to do so. Receiving this money has given me the power and capability to accomplish this dream since I will use my first transfers to build a cow shed since i already have a store. I will also buy some poultry with my second transfer and boost my hotel business."

"Lack of finances to provide for my own basic needs is my biggest hardship. I normally rely on casual labor,which are hard to find nowadays due to heavy rainfall in the past 3 months."

"Receiving this money means paying school fees for my three children will no longer be a challenge. I plan to buy two cattle for milking that will ensure daily income which will enable me to build up savings hence my children will no longer be chased home from schools due to school fees arrears. I also intend to initiate poultry keeping, a project whose proceeds from selling poultry products will supplement income from selling milk, hence financial independence in my family"

"Building a new kitchen since the one i currently operate in leaks in water whenever it rains is what receiving this money means to me. I will then use the remaining part of my transfer to buy two dairy heifers which will be my store of wealth since after they multiply, i will be able to sell milk to earn a source of income as well as sell the cattle whenever i need money to cater for other emerging needs."

"Give Directly transfer enabled me to pay for the remaining amount of debt I had remained with when purchasing land that is not so far from where I am staying currently. Through their help, I rightfully own the land. I can now use the land that I have been paying on purchase. Paying this amount has saved me from hiring land for farming. This will definitely boost my income since I will have saved my expenses since I will no longer be hiring land."

"My life has greatly improved as I have avoided conflicts with my neighbors emanating from my chicken destroying their crops. I had lost some crops too to these birds as they fed on my young maize crops, eating ll the leaves beyond recovery. I am so glad that I have managed to contain them in a closed compound using a wire mesh fence. The project gives me about KES 1200 per week. From this, I am able to feed them and also meet my daily needs and make savings in a merry go round group."