"I bought two cows wih part of the third transfer as a way of investing for the future so that in future after they have given birth I can sell their calves and use the money to meet my needs. Part of the money I used to clear school fee balance for my child who is in secondary school so that he could get enough time for his studies."

"The biggest hardship in my life is when I had to sell all my cows to pay school fees for my children who unfortunately did not finish school, I couldn't afford to pay for them anymore"

"I have always had a lot of ambitious plans in my mind. These plans have always been unsuccessful and the main reason is that I have no funds to make these plans a reality. Receiving these money means that I will have most of my plans being actualized. I would have a more comfortable and stress free home. I also have plans of investing the money to enable me sustain the family going forward."

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our lives is that of lack of enough funds to pay school fees for our children. As we speak we have one of our children who had to drop out of school for one year because of lack of money to pay her school fees."

"I spent my transfer to build a kitchen, this has been a need to my family hence I had to prioritize it. The remaining amount I did spend on household expenses and food for my chiuldren."

"I spent my transfer on boosting my business by adding stock and now its doing great. I also paid medical expenses for my mother who had been admitted hospital."

"Previously I was employed to ride someone else's motorcycle which was not giving me a good income, so I decided to save the other two transfers, added them to the third transfer and used to buy a new motorcycle. Now that I'm currently operating my own motorcycle my income has improved thus I can comfortably meet my family needs."

"The difference is that I currently live in a better house with comfort and I have been able to pay school fees with ease."

"I used the third transfer to renovate my house because I had a mud house which was dusty and consumed a lot of time to repair. Thanks to GiveDirectly I now own a cemented house which I believe will last longer."

"I spent my third transfer to boost my cereal business by buying more stock to enable me get more profit, because this is the only source of income I depend on to support my family.I also bought house hold and maize for family consumption."