"I spent my transfer as fare to attend the burial of my late stepmother who passed on a month ago. I also used part of the transfer to pay for examination fees for my two children who are in primary school. They were approaching the end of year examinations and without paying the money, they would have missed doing their end of year examinations. I decided to pay before they were sent home. The rest of the transfer I gave my grandmother as a gift and used the little remaining to buy food for my family."

"The moment I received my money, I was overwhelmed by joy because I had got money for buying a motorbike and from then I knew that poverty is coming to an end."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when I received a message on my phone. When my son checked it, it was a message confirming that I have received a sum of 55000KES from GiveDirectly. We really celebrated with my family and we immediately budgeted on how to spend the money that morning. We were so grateful because we knew our lives would change to be better."

"My life has changed because through this aid, I have managed to off set my debts. I'm now stress free as opposed to the past when I was over pressurised by people I owed. At times I thought of selling of the little property since the money I earned from a Local Government primary school was not enough to meet my family needs as well as paying off debts. I ended up prioritise paying fees first visa vie clearing debts. In addition, I have bought building materials for my permanent house which project will start in December. I'm still sleeping in a leaking thatched hut."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I have never received such the amount before. I remember it was very early in the morning around 6 AM when I heard a message from my phone. When I checked it was confirmation that I have received 55000 KES from GiveDirectly. I immediately inform my spouse and children and they were all happy. We budgeted with my spouse on how to spend that very morning."

"Prior to receiving this transfer, the wall of my house had been weakened by the rains because it was made of mud with bricks and the floor too was dusty. They are currently plastering my house and cementing the floor. Once the construction work is complete, I expect to sleep in a clean house free from dust and the wall will not be washed by rain anymore. Secondly, I have been in position to hire an additional piece of land that will enable me produce enough food to support my family. Unlike before when I had only one piece of land that couldn't produce enough food for the family."

"My life will change in the near future because I have always had this burning desire to have my own house and my own home away from my fathers compound but then due to financial distress, life has never given me such an opportunity, so this time through the transfers that I will be getting, I know the dream will become a reality."

"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I shall have improved my house from mud walled to a concrete wall. I shall also have more milk supply for the family and raise an healthy family in the long run. With support from my wife, I can be sure to accomplish this within the next six months."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have brought the building of my new house to its completion. This will pave way for other key investments that are geared towards improving the livelihood of my family. I am particularly concerned about the small size of land that we stay in that does not provide enough space for farming. Once we are done with house construction, we shall shift our focus to buying a piece of land by pooling our resources together as a family to buy this piece of land. I anticipate that this shall be made possible within the next six months and I am looking forward to accomplishing this with my wife."

"In the next six months, I am certain of an increase in the number of poultry. I will have bought a several livestocks and my children school fees will be settled God willing. At the end of it all I will be a happy parent."