"I used a larger portion of my third transfer to plaster my parents house because it was in a bad condition so now it looks new and decent. I then used part of the money to pay school feel my child who had fee arrears."

"I used part of my third transfer to plaster my house that I built using the second transfer but I didn't manage to complete. I did this so that the house can be more strong and stay longer. Previously I used to sell open air fast food so I used part of the third transfer to rent a room where I'm selling the food."

"I jumped and called out my family members who joined me and we voiced out our ululations in thanks to Givedirectly for the cash transfer."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my two children in secondary school. I was happy I managed to pay the fees without any difficulties. I also bed bedding after the ones I had worn out. The remaining I spent on food for my family consumes."

"I used my last transfer to buy iron sheets and wood to build a house because my house before was small I have since left it to be used as the bedroom of the children and partitioned it to make a small house for the kitchen I used the remainder of the money to buy a dairy cow."

"I spent part of my third transfer on paying school fees for my daughter who had just joined secondary school. The remaining I spent on buying livestock and furniture for my living room. Thanks for the money as I managed to get my daughter join school in time."

"We are close to a small river so when I received this last transfer I bought a water pump and pipes to help me in horticulture farming and the produce I sell to retailers around, I also bought iron sheets and a special soil to help me in building but because culture does not allow me to build before my big brother am still awaiting to build in due time."

"I used my last transfer to finish paying up a land I had bought to farm on the land then the rest of money I used to buy water pipe to transfer water from the water pump to the farm"

"I spent my third transfer on leasing a piece of land that I am preparing in readiness for the planting season. I have also spent some of it on buying some livestock that are like my assets, they might help me in paying school fees for my children given that they are still in school."

"When I received my transfer, I had two pressing issues at hand. First, my daughter was preparing for her national examinations with very huge school fee arrears. Secondly, my spouse had some court case which required him to produce a cash bail of 10000 KES. I therefore settled this two matters at hand. The remaining amount of money was spent on food for the family."