"If I would not have received the transfer, I would not have paid college fees for my child but he would be staying home due to lack of fees and also I would not have cemented my house."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my roomed house(40,000 KES) since it was always my dream, and so GD just came i to facilitate me in fulfilling my dream. I also paid Secondary school fee for my child (7,000 KES)"

"I used the transfer to rebuild a new house because the previous one was small so I bought cement, sand, cement, and paid the builders."

"I plaster my house and bought 3 goats with some part of my third transfer then use the remaining on food, furniture and school fees."

"I leased a two acre piece of land where I have grown rice using my third transfer. I have also bought pesticides for them using some of the money and I believe when it does well, I will get more income. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"We spent my third transfer on plastering our house on plastering our 4 room house, and we began another housing structure that stalled."

"My wife's desire was to do a course in hair and beauty so I used part of the last transfer to pay for her the fee to join the college, I also love farming so I bought tree seedlings, and some chiken to start poultry farming."

"I have not yet spent my third transfer as we intend to buy land to build on since we have no place to put up our house at the moment. We are still in the process of meeting and finalizing with the land owner."

"When I received my third transfer, I had to clear school fees arrears for my children who are in secondary school. My other daughter had cleared her secondary school and was idle so I spent some of the money to enroll her for computer packages training. I also spent some of the money to boost my charcoal and beans business. I am now able to comfortably feed my family and educate my children. The remaining I spent on food."

"If I would not have received the money, I would still be harboring the dream of living in an iron roofed house but now it will be a reality because I have bought the iron sheets which I intend to use to build a new house and also I would not have bought the two goats."