"I spent my transfer to settle school fees for my children this costed me 20,000 KES. I plastered my house, I was able to put steel windows and a steel door to my current house for more safety. The remaining amount I spent on making my fishing net and boasting my fishing business."

"I used my third transfer to buy seven seater sofa set because I did not have decent seats in my house.I also bought bedding's and other house hold items."

"I spent my third transfer to buy paint that I used to paint my house .I also used the remaining balance to repaire my seats because they were now looking too old ."

"I spent my third transfer to buy solar panel because I was tired of buying paraffin daily and also it was too costly.I also bought building material that we used to build our house since we were putting up a home."

"I spent 28,000 KES to purchase a cow that currently has given birth and I can harvest milk. The remaining amount I spent to build a kitchen that also acts as a room for my children. This has elevated me to another level."

"I spent my transfer to purchase a cow that costed me 15,000 KES. I also bought three hens at 9,00 KES. I boasted my business with a stock worth 3,000 KES. The remaining amount I did spent to buy furniture in my house as well as other household expenses. This was a break through in my life that I can never forget."

"My life is currently different from the way it would have been if I never received the money in that if it was not for GiveDirectly my son would have dropped out of school. This is because I cleared the fee balance he owed the school allowing him to continue with his studies."

"If I never received the money, by now I would not have completed my house and probably I would be staying in it in the state it was before. I feel so proud I have made a step in life."

"I depend on subsistence farming as a source of income and this is very unpredictable because sometimes the production is very low making it hard to provide basic needs for my family. Sometimes we go without food the whole day making me feel like I failed as a father. That's my biggest hardship."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life has been, being unemployed. While i was staying in Nairobi, it was difficult to even raise the house rent every month and that is why i decided to come back home to engage in farming. "