"If I had not recieved the transfer, I would still be doing my business in a local way riding a bicycle for long distances but now that I got the transfer, I aquired a motorbike that is helping me reach places easily. "

"My life is different in that am going through my university education without hardships of looking for tuition, this was not going to be easy without Give Directly cash tranfer. "

"I spent part of my third transfer on starting a business of selling plastics. Previously, I only had to do odd jobs in people's farms to enable me meet my family needs. When I wake up in the morning, I go to my shop, and not the people's farms. Out of that amount too, I gave my husband some of it that he used to make a fishing boat. With these profits we make, we are able to comfortably take care of our family daily needs."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a heifer that was like my asset. The remaining amount I spent on paying my wife's dowry as traditions require of me . I have never managed to pay her dowry because of poverty. The remaining I spent on food for my family consumption."

"I had started constructing a house previously but I had not completed it, so when I received my third transfer, I added it to the second and completed the house. I am now occupying it. The remaining I spent on boosting my vegetable business and also bought some two cows for rearing."

"My life was worrisome and incomplete. We were surviving in hand to mouth. There is very big difference in that I can now afford good food, and clothings for my family."

"I spent my third transfer on buying building materials that I used to build a kitchen where I can cook from. Previously I used to cook from my cow shed but now I cook from a kitchen. I also paid school fees for my grandchildren who are in school and the remaining on food."

"I spent my third transfer on Secondary as well as primary school fee for our four children for 47,000 KES. I did this because I wish to educate my children and facilitate them to have a better life than what I am experiencing due to my lack of education."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my son in secondary school. This made him stay in school and not home for lack of school fees. I also plastered my house too using part of the money. The remaining I spent on buying some bedding. The ones I had had worn out. So, after receiving the money, I thought why not buy some new bedding now that I have some money, so that I can sleep in a more comfortable house."

"My life is so much better now, before givedirectly came in we could go hungry without food and my children were malnourished, we did not have nice clothes to change in. Life was really unbearable. But all the thanks to givedirectly, we can now afford nice clothes and we sleep in a good comfortable iron roofed house."