"My life is different than it would have been if I never received money from GiveDirectly because I had a small house which could not accommodate all of us but I now have a big spacious house which is comfortable for all of us. I also managed to buy bed and mattresses for my children and they no longer go to the neighbour's home asking for a place to spend their nights. I am also happy we can manage to have all meals unlike the past when we used to skip meals because of lack of money to buy food."

"In the next six months, I will have bought all the necessary household items that I feel important to have. I will also have cleared my daughter's school fees this means she will have a smooth stay in school with minimal disruptions caused by fee breaks."

"In the next six months, I am will have bought a cow from the income will have received from the sale of a few sheep. Besides that, I will also have plastered the floor of my house to enables easy time during cleaning."

"In the next six months, I will have plastered the floor of my house and jiggers will be a forgotten story. My household will have enough food and will no longer have to worry about where to get food from. With the transfers, I am certain that I can budget well for the entire month."

"Currently, we live in a semi-permanent house. In the next six months, with the income I will receive from my farming and the monthly transfers, I am planning to set aside some amount and build a permanent structure. This will make my home look more presentable."

"A year ago when I was about 5 months pregnant, I fell very ill and I had to use a lot of money for treatment in order to save my baby, which led to collapse of my shop business. With my GD transfers, my goal is to revive my business so that I can be able to meet my family's needs of food and education much easier. I also plan to spend part of it to rear livestock specifically goats because of their drought resistant nature. "

"In the next six months six months I would have completed paying school fees for the whole year. Since he is on his last year of study I will be more relieved and that the transfer which I will be receiving then I will be saving to start a business come next year."

"Over the years, I have solemnly depended on my husband who is doing casual jobs in Mombasa town. The little income he earns cannot meet all the basic necessities of the family. Using part of my transfers to open up a vegetable stall within the village will be a dream come true. It has always been my desire to get an alternative source of income that can ease the burden that my husband has endured over the years. Besides, I'll put some money into agriculture; timely planting is the only trick to get good harvest in our region, therefore, I'll purchase two oxen and a Plough to help in land tillage. This way, I'll be in a position to produce more maize that can comfortably feed my family and channel the rest to the outside market."

"Financial constraint is the biggest hardship that I face in life.Ever since my husband died three years ago,It has become increasingly difficult to manage taking care of my four children all by myself. My job as a house help earns me only ksh .4000 per month. This sum is hardly enough to enable me pay for their schooling and even provide food consistently. Seeing my eldest son wallowing in sorrow everyday for the past two years, Imagining the bleak state of his future because he has not been able to realise his dream of going to college and getting a better job, stresses me a lot. I wish that I could get enough money so that I can clear his fee arrears and enable him to get his certificate so that he can still go to college but my income is not adequate. He was my only hope for a better life for my family but with his failed dreams, I feel like my whole family's dream for a better life is also diminishing."

"Receiving this means a big financial relief for my family. Over the years, my husband has worked as a "tuk tuk" driver in Mombasa, making good money but earning peanuts. His desire all along has been to acquire his own and so this dream is finally going to come true. A "tuk tuk goes for around 390,000 shillings and so with our savings from the SACCO, we will be able to generate enough money to buy one. We will be earning not less than 3,000 shillings per day and so I am positive that the income will be sufficient to cater for my family needs but most importantly, help me seek for proper treatment for my kidney condition."