"I spent my third transfer on leasing a five acre piece of land where I have ploughed rice. I believe that after a short time I will have gained some meaningful income."

"We used our last transfer and moved to the city of Kisumu to start a new life and find new opportunities, we opened a small shop and bought a Mpesa line and loaded the float, and stock for the shop."

"I spent my third transfer on starting a business (assorted items like soap, cooking fat,etc) for my wife for 10,000 KES, and she also invested in Beans farming for 20,000 KES for commercial purposes. I gave her 15,000 KES to save to enable me complete my informal Welding and Fabrication training in the next few months."

"I spent my third transfer on cemented my house into a semi- permanent one and now I am no longer incur frequent cost of smear maintaining my previous mud house, I can truly speaking I have a peace of mind since I have accomplished my long time dream which seemed impossible .I fixed three steel windows and a steel door on it .I bought three goats.I also paid school fees for my four children who are in primary school ."

"I sell cereals so when I received my third transfer I decided to boost as this is my main source of income. The remaining I used to pay school fees for my daughter in primary boarding school. I thank GiveDirectly for the money."

"I constructed a livestock shed as the one I had was not in a good condition. I am also added some sheep that I am rearing. Using my third transfer. I am happy for the transfers."

"I used the last transfer to buy two bulls to help me in ploughing since I also leased a farm to plant maize the rest of the money I used to pay fees for my son who is in the seminary and another in high school."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a solar lamp 12,000 KES which I am now using as a reliable source of lighting mainly at night as opposed to before the transfer when I used to use traditional lanterns that required paraffin and in the event that paraffin got exhausted no household activities would take place up to the next day ,this solar lamp I also charge my neighbors phones hence getting some income out of it.I also fixed a steel door and two steel windows in my house and completed cementing parts that I hadn't cemented ."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 3 roomed house and fixing new steel door and glass windows.I had build the house using second transfer. I also bought seats (5,000 KES) which I never used to have."

"I used a portion of my third transfer on 12 bags of cement and sand which I have used to cement the floor of my house because I have a back ache problem which cannot allow me to bend for long hence could not smear my house with cowdung , I bought steel door and three steel windows which are durable and cannot be damaged by termites. I paid laborers who cemented my house, I bought a goat because I did not have any livestock in my compound. The remaining amount, I spent to pay school fees for my child who had been sent home from school, bought 20 tins of maize for consumption and food for my family."