"I bought some materials to build my house because the house am living in is not presentable and small am looking forward to building a new and bigger house ,and I also paid school fees arrears for my son who joined secondary this year ."

"I never had cows, neither did I have a cow-shed, so I thought of buying two cows for milking, construct them a cow-shed being that here in my village, cows are prone to contract diseases when left outside. I now have these after longing for them for a long time. The other part of the money I spent on buying two sacks of corn for my family consumption as at that time we were experiencing drought accompanied by hunger. At least my family had enough to feed on for that time."

"I have stayed with husband for close to twelve years, but he has not paid my dowry according our traditions because we did not have enough money to do so being that we had other responsibilities, so when I received my third transfer we agreed that would be our first priority. We used part of it to pay my dowry, as we speak I am glad I can speak where my fellow women are. I am no longer shy of any ridicule related to that. The remaining amount used to start a small retail shop where I make profits that help me in getting daily basic needs for my family. Thank to GiveDirectly."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on cementing my house into a semi-permanent house from a mud one and now I am happy staying in a clean environment with no dust as compared to before the transfer. I added stock onto my grocery (tomatoes, kales) business since I harvest yields from my farm and sell in the near-by market."

"I had borrowed a sofa seat from my fathers house so when I got my last transfer I used this to buy my own sofa set , gave my father some amount for upkeep and I also bought a dairy cow for milking and a bull to help in ploughing and sheeps for rearing ."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on completing to build my decent spacious three roomed house that I had started constructing with the second transfer.I added stock onto my grocery business and now I am proud to say, my daily income has doubled as the sales have hiked since my customers are able to get most of their preferred goods ."

"For a long time I have been staying in a five iron sheet house, it was so small and squeezed, I used to wander when I had visitors looking for a place where they could spend the nights when they visited. So immediately I received the money, I bought building materials that I used to construct a three roomed house. I, no longer panic or get worried when I am visited as my house is spacious enough to accommodate them. I very grateful to GiveDirectly as I am no longer at the same spot they found me, I have moved ahead!!"

"I spent my third transfer on buying household items and a steel door. I bought household items because my wife who we are no longer with, ran away with my household items way even before GiveDirectly had come to visit me."

"I am a poultry farmer, so when I received my third transfer, I expanded it. I bought more chicken, this I do mainly for business purposes as this will help me sustain my family more comfortably from the profits I make. Some part of the money I used to lease a piece of land where I grow corn. Actually, this has spared me the headache of having to buy corn all the time for my family consumption and that money I can channel to other development agendas, and again being that I had constructed a bigger house using my previous transfers, I had to buy more furniture to make my house look neat. I am grateful for the money I received from GiveDirectly as it has greatly changed my life for the better. ."

"I spent my third transfer on 2 lorries of sand and building stones (20,000 KES) since we build a house using second transfer, which we need to make more permanent when we get more money. I bought a set of sofa seats (20,000 KES) as we only had 2 chairs before GD came into our lives.I spent money to boost my business (4,000 KES) which I had already revived using second transfer. The balance I spent on primary school fee for our children (3,000 KES)"