"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school fees 20000 KES for my child who is in high school. I smeared my mud house 10,000 KES and now its nicely a ligned. I added stock onto my small grocery business. I have also saved some money 10,000 KES which I am planning to use it on building a decent house."

"Unconditional cash money and free mobile phones that GiveDirectly gives to us are life changing. However, the people who were registered and did not get the money are very many in my community. Therefore, GiveDirectly should come back and help them too."

"I spent my third transfer to buy a deep freezer for my business of selling chicken, I spent some amount to pay school fees for my child who is in high school. The remaining amount, I spent to buy chicken for sale and also food for my family."

"Receiving this transfer will make me happy because I never expected to get huge sum of money at once in my entire life. I will finally relax from the strenuous job of sand mining, which has caused me chest problems because of, carrying a bucketful of sand on my head each morning."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced and that i will never forget is when my son become very sick and we could not afford to pay his medical bills,we struggled so much to raise the finance but I thank God that we pulled through it and he is now well."

"I spent my third transfer to buy building materials like cement, iron sheets and nails which I have used to build a pit latrine in my compound, I paid laborers who built the latrine. I bought two sacks of maize for consumption and the remaining amount, I spent to restock my business which had long collapsed"

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have expanded my haircut business and now I am getting double income from it since before the transfer my business was almost collapsing due to low sales and profits. I can say I feel encouraged since GiveDirectly has passed me through a big stepping stone although I haven't reached the end of the tunnel but I believe I will definitely pass through."

"In m opinion, Gd does well in educating people more about the money before sending it to the recipients which was really helpful."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I am happly living in a decent spacious three roomed house hence I now feel safer in it as opposed to before when I was staying in a small squeezed house which was almost collapsing."

"I spent my third transfer to buy cement, sand and chipping dust which I have used to renovate my house form mud to plastered, I bought paints which I have used to add beauty to my house. The remaining amount, I spent to start a small scale shop business and also bought steel windows which I have fixed on y house."