"I spent my third transfer on cement and sand which I have to renovate my house from mud to plastered this would enhance the beauty of my house. I bought steel door to enhance the security of of my house and that of my family, I bought iron sheets to use in building a kitchen which would act as a sleeping space for my children. The remaining amount, I used to pay school fees for my child who is in high school."

"I spent my third transfer on the construction of a new house . My former house was very old and it used to leak during rainy days. The remaining part of the money I used in paying school fees for my child who used to be sent home each and every time for fee arrears."

"I had school fees arrears so when I received my third transfer I paid scholl feees and bought food for my family."

"I paid fees arrears for my two children who are in high school and bought fertilizer and seedlings for farming this was all made possible by the last transfer from Give Directly."

"I spent my third transfer on building a 3 room house (50,000 KES) since I had a grass-thatched house and used to be rained on and as such housing was an emergency for me."

"I spent my third transfer on stocking up my store with cereals. I decided to buy cereals because nowadays my farm does not produce much yield and buying cereals in small quantities is expensive. The remaining part of the money I used in the acquisition of seats in my house which formerly did not have seats."

"I spent my third transfer on saving it (50,000 KES) as I search for land that I want to buy to put up a house since my ancestral land is too small."

"I spent my third transfer on Secondary school fee for my child since he had high arrears and had been sent out of the classroom (20,000 KES), bought seats (10,000 KES) and a heifer that will hopefully provide milk for my family in future(15,000 KES)"

"I spent my third transfer on cementing my house. In our area the local soil is weak and each and every time you have to buy soil for house use, so when I got the third transfer I decided to cement house so that the money I use in buying soil for the house can be channeled to other important uses like school fees."

"I spent my third transfer on the construction of a new house. I am a widow and when my husband died he left me in a very old and dilapidated house, therefore when I got the third transfer I constructed a new, strong and better house than the previous one. My house is by the roadside where there is a lot of passers by. Whenever they see my new house I see admiration in their eyes. That makes me feel so good because I never new I could achieve some things, for example, building a house on my own, but because of the transfer I was able to achieve one of my greatest dream in this life."