"Since I never wanted to go back to the hard life of digging for people for a megre income in order to put food on the table, I decided to open a cereal and a barber shop where I and my husband work respectively. I am glad that my life has moved a step higher and I am a little bit respected-we can eat well and educate my children as well."

"It was a plan that we had laid down even before Give Directly sent us the first transfer-we were to save all the transfers and spend on a motorcyle and start a fish shop and therefore when we received the third transfe, we had met the goal-we bought a motorcycle and opened a fish shop; my husband uses the motorcycle for a taxi business and I run the shop both of which generate for us income that sustain our household needs."

"Since I live in a semi-arid land, water for domestic use has been my major problem and therefore when I received my third transfer, the first thing that I prioritized is a water tank that I am currently using for storing rain water that I use during drought season and it cost me 7000 KES. Next was school fees for my 2 children in a secondary school that I cleared with the rest of the money and this time round they were never sent home for fees."

"When I received my third transfer, I constructed a bigger house of 3 rooms. The house is better than the 2 room house that I had before that couldn't accommodate us all. My children never had a place to sleep and it could therefore force them to cruise in the dark, to sleep at the neighbors home, which I considered risky to their lives."

"I got my third transfer when I had a patient in the hospital; my husband had been admitted when we never had money and therefore getting it that soon enabled us to facilitate his treatement-he was treated and through God's grace he recovered and he is back to his normal life."

"I used my third transfer to construct a house. In fact, I have built my own home and I no longer querrels with my in-laws over trivial issues that used to arise when we lived together in the same compound. I can say that I am now free to carry out my development activities such as farming without any consultations."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the money because I now have a source of income from the mining business I invested my second transfer on. This has given me enough time with my children unlike before when I could leave very early in the morning to do laundry for people and come back later in the evening."

"I had 2 children to educate; one of them had passed form four and the other one had passed primary school to join college and secondary school respectively but I never had money to facilitate them in pursuing their dream but thanks to Give Directly, I woke up hopelessly in one morning and when I checked my phone, the third transfer had been sent. I used the money to facilitate their admission."

"I delivered through C-section and since I couldn't be discharged immediately, I stayed in the hospital for a week and when I went for the hospital bill, it was so huge that I couldn't be able to clear. As a result, I was held in the hospital till the bill could be cleared then fortunate thing happened to me-it was my third transfer from Give Directly! I withdrew the money and cleared the bill straight away after which I was discharged."

"I lacked most of the household items like a bed, a mattress and tableware; most of the time, I could beg for them hence neighbours considered me a beggar but when I received my third transfer, I spent on them. I don't ask these again from my neighbors anymore."