"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."

"I used the whole of my third transfer to plaster my house that I built using the second transfer. I did this because all I needed was a house so I have plastered it so that whenever it rains the walls do not get washed off hence it will stay longer."

"I spent my third transfer on starting a small retail shop. I am able to fend for myself after a separating with my spouse. I do not have to depend on someone. The remaining I spent on food for my consumes."

"I had started building with my second transfer so when I received I used it o buy soil for plastering and also hired people to plaster, My brother was also joining the university so I also wired some money to him for upkeep and buy things he will need in school and I also paid school fees for my three children in primary school."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 2 room house for 33,000 KES since after building the house with initial transfers, the next thing I desired was to plaster it. I also bought a bull for 13,000 KES which I plan to raise and sell for higher profit."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my son in secondary school. I am happy he was able to stay school. Were it not for this transfer, my son could have not gone to school. I am afraid he could have dropped out of school. The remaining I spent on buying a cow that I am rearing and this will help me in future in school fees payment when they reproduce as I will be able to sell them.GiveDirectly has saved me the hustle of looking for school fees."

"I spent a half of my third transfer on payment of dowry for my spouse whom I had married for approximately seven years. I felt much guilt for staying with her for all these years without accomplishing the rite of passage. I struggled a lot for things to work, unfortunately the struggles bore me no fruit. Being a total orphan without anybody to offer me any kind of support, all that I could get in a day was all consumed by the family members. Receiving this last transfer was therefore such a blessing that granted me a good opportunity to pay my wife's dowry. Besides that, I purchased enough food stuffs for my family who again relied fully on the meager income I received from my casual jobs for any need they had. I was so grateful for the support offered that rose me to this level that I am in currently."