"I am at my 70's of age and am feeling so strong and I can work on my farm. This is as a result of getting enough food with a balanced diet which I have been buying with part of transfers. Some of my agemates would not be able to work as I am because of my good health. With GD transfers, my life was transformed and I do not strain to do my chores as before. I am motivated to work hard and better my life for the number of days I will still be alive. I thank GD for this life-changing opportunity."

"At the moment, I have two goals now that I have started receiving the money from GiveDirectly. First, I want to actualize my dream of opening a cosmetic shop. After this, I will expand this business by opening some branches in different places. With this, I will have been able to diversify my sources of income as well as provide employment to some youths. Secondly, I am planning to pursue a course in beauty and hairdressing since it has always been my dream to be a beautician. I will use the money I will be saving from my business to pay for my tuition fee. After I have actualized this, I will open a saloon in one of the cosmetic shops which I will be operating. This will help me generate more income on a daily basis which I will in turn use to improve the lives of my family."

"My goals now that I have started receiving the money is to open a branch of my play station in a different place within Mathare. I settled on this because it is something I know very well how to operate and it also earns a good amount of money. I will be saving money from this business and later use it to buy a motorcycle which I will give it to my friend to operate it. This will help me diversify my sources of income and be able to meet my needs on time. I will have also created a job opportunity for someone who is jobless and this will help reduce the rate of crime in our region."

"I have been depending on any available odd jobs especially on construction sites. Because I have a bigger family, I was not able to meet all our needs on time and be able to save even a little amount of money. After I started receiving my transfers, I have been able to save some money on a daily basis unlike before. Being able to save some money is so far the biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly since I know that my life will completely change after some few months."

"I spent part of my most recent transfer to pay my house rent since I received this money at a time when I had not paid my rent. My landlord was threatening to come and close my house due to this and that is why I settled on this so as to avoid being a laughing stock in my neighborhood. I spent the remaining amount to buy stock of food that would last me for some time so that I would be able to save some money from my business that I would have otherwise used in buying food."

"I spent my most recent transfer. It has always been my prayer to start a motorcycle business since it is profitable. When I received my most recent transfer, I decided to save the whole amount so that I can use it together with my third transfer to buy a motorbike. This motorbike will act as my alternative source of income thus I will be able to cater for my family needs on time. My brother will be operating it and will be giving me some money on a daily basis. I am glad to start this business because it will not only profit me but also my brother"

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is happiness. This is because my landlord has never come to ask for his rent at my house as I now pay my rent on time. I have been able to save what I get from my business and use them to pay rent on time because my business is now more profitable unlike before since I have been able to expand it. All this has been possible because off GiveDirectly and I am always grateful and I keep on praying to God to continue blessing them so that they can be able to save more souls by helping them."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer since I enjoy significant income from the motorbike business. As a result, my family enjoys more services and products including sufficient food that we acquire using the funds that I collect from my work. Hence, I could still be languishing in poverty and the absence of a reliable source of income if not for GiveDirectly's financial boost."

"In the next six months, I would want to ensure I clear school fees for my children in primary school. I would want to maintain the pace of which I started with the transfers. I want to do my best to ensure my children are in school studying so that they can get good grades and go to better secondary schools."

"In the next six months, I would want to buy more chicken to boost my poultry business. I know if all goes well, I will have income which will help me provide for my family well and brighten my future."