"I had a lot of expectations in terms of developments before I received the second transfers, but after I lost both the first and the second transfers which I had planned to use to construct my own house, I have no hopes at all. I will now try to things at my own pace and pray that things eventually turn out well."

"It was my helper who notified me of a Mpesa message on my phone. As she read out the contents of the message to me, I could not contain the inexpressible joy having received my token as promised by GiveDirectly. I thoughtfully planned for this transfer to transform my life."

"This money has really helped me a lot in sorting out school fees for my three daughters. I paid KES 40000 to clear their school fees. As a parent, my expectation has always been to educate my children by giving them the best education which will make them be self-reliant in the future. Raising the tuition fees for their education was hectic and I struggled a lot because I do not have a stable source of income. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for their financial support since I cleared the fee arrears. This has given me enough time to source for more money for the next semesters. To me, this is the biggest difference in my daily life as at now."

"In the next six months l expect to have completed doing my course of tailoring and already become self employed."

"When I heard that GiveDirectly was coming to our village,I was elated and thought that God has finally answered my prayer.I have been wondering how long my growing family will keep living in this small hut because we have no money to build a better house.This money has given me an opportunity to change this and I am so grateful."

"I have been planning to extend my kitchen such that an extra room is created.The extra room will serve as a bedroom for the girls.This will cost me approximately Ksh 15,000.I am also planning to invest more on agriculture.I have a share of two acres of land at home which I am planning to cultivate for the first time.My children are growing big and more money is needed for their school fees and other needs.This means that I need to expand my sources of income hence the need for this.This will involve many activities of land preperation and planting.We have a challenge of lighting our house because the battery which used to power our solar panel is dead.In that case I will buy a battery strong enough to power the solar panel.This will help my children study during the night."

"My boys have grown big and I need to build them their own house.According to our culture,they need to sleep separately from the main house.The money from Give Directly will help me build the house at a cost of Ksh 30,000(300 USD).I also have plan of buying a dairy cow to add to the one that I have.Dairy farming is advantageous to me because I spend most of the time around the compound.For now I cannot manage other activities like business because I have small children.It is therefore a good source of income that I can manage.Through the sale of milk I am able to save money and pay school fees for my children.The cow will cost me approximately Ksh 30,000(30 USD).I also want to expand my poultry farm with part of the money.I will buy more chicken and improve the structures."

"Receiving this money means I have got support that will bring better changes to my household. "

"Receiving this transfer will mean that I can renovate my house."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of an income generating activity. I depend on casual labour as a means of sustaining the family members hence there is too much lacking at my home. Iam finding even a shortage of food in my family. "