"I spent my third transfer on registering my son for a welding course. He had just finished his secondary education and had no money to apply for a course. The remaining amount I spent in starting a business of second-hand clothes. That has greatly improved my living standard as I am in a position of generating some income for my daily needs."

"I spent my third transfer on buying two sets of sofa set seat 29,500 KES and a table 3500 KES. I bought clothes for my children 1800 KES and a bag of maize 3500 KES. I also started a small (sugar cane) business."

"I spent 25000 KES of my third transfer on renovating my house. I paid 5000 KES fee for my son. i bought poultry at a cost of 5000 KES and used the rest of the money on buying food and clothes for the family."

"My life is different than it would have been if i never received a transfer because i have been able to buy a land and build a house."

"My life is different in that I sleep comfortably in comfortable bedding. I no longer sleep on the ground. I also have the hopes of soon having milk after my cow has given birth."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by embracing voluntary participation in all they households they visited and through using the hotline number its staff's were able to urgently attended to our needs and Ialso liked their proactiveness. GiveDirectly didn't do well by not coming to the ground to follow-up on how the recipients used the money to verify if they actually did what they had stated on phone follow-up surveys."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on building a kitchen and now my children have a place to sleep comfortably.I also bought two bags of maize 12,000 KES for my family's consumption."

"My life is different in that I now have a place I call home where I live peacefully. Previously I was evicted because I had built in someone's land. Being that I didn't have any source of income I couldn't build another home."

"I spent most of third transfer to restock my small scale shop which is my main source of income, I spent some amount to pay school fees for my child who is in high school. The remaining amount, I have kept aside to use in enrolling my child in high next year."

"My life is different that it would have been without the transfer since the transfers have enabled me boost my milk business which would have otherwise collapsed."