"I spent my third transfer on enlarging my house by one more room for 28,000 KES since it used to be very small. I also paid secondary school fee for 16,000 KES and started selling fruits for 3,000 KES and these days I get money"

"I was planning to purchase a piece of land and I had paid some money to a landlord using my second transfer so when I received my third transfer, I paid the whole amount and used the rest to purchase building materials that I used to build a new house on my new acquired land. My ancestral land was not enough for me to build my own home. I am happy and grateful for the money as I have acquired my own land, one and half acres."

"I installed electricity in my house with my last transfer to help the children in studying and lighting for the house I also bought iron sheets and one lorry of sand to plaster the house and finish up my house that I had started with my second transfer."

"Having constructed a house using my previous transfer, I spent a portion of the third transfer on finishing the construction of the same house. I purchased steel windows and doors which I inserted in the house. I am so glad today that I have constructed the house and has shifted to live in it. Besides that, I expanded my crop farming which I did previously before being enrolled into the program. I am very lucky today that the transfer has enabled me double the profit that I previously generated from my paw paw and tomato farming."

"I used the whole of my third transfer to buy building materials that I'm planning to use in future for building because we do not have a house and we are currently staying in a rental house. We had planned to build in October this year but due to cultural barriers we'll have to wait until next year to build."

"I bought 20 iron to build a house before building a house I used to live in a a rental house which was expensive then I bought two diary cows and two goats to add to my livestock."

"I spent part of my third transfer on buying livestock. I bought a cow and some goats. Some of it I spent on buying furniture given that I did not have any. The remaining Ii spent on paying school fees for my daughter in secondary school. May God bless GiveDirectly staff."

"Before we received the third transfer we planned with my spouse that I'll pay her dowry with it so when we received the money I used it to pay my spouse dowry. I'm now happy, so relieved and I feel like a full man because I managed to formalize my marriage. I also bought a cow and goat for rearing as a future investment."

"I did not spend my previous transfers so when I received my last transfer, I summed them up and decided to face-lift my home. I renovated my houses, painted them and fenced and gated it. I am so happy when I look at my home, and I am planning to build a permanent house."

"I used my last transfer to dig a borehole it was tiring going to fetch water in the nearby river I also bought some chicken for poultry farming I did this because it is a lucrative business and the demand for eggs and chicken is high in our area and the hotels around finally I paid fees for my two children who are in high school."