I did not have most of the basic household items such as decent furniture before I was enrolled in this program. I also had a lot of problems providing sufficient and decent meals for my family and paying my rent on time which would mostly cause altercations between me and my landlord. I have so far managed to purchase the furniture and have fewer cases of missed meals because the transfers support my budget more than I ever expected. I can also manage to pay my rent on time and without failure.

I do not have a stable source of income at the moment as I only depend on water supply which I do using a hired cart. This job does not earn me a lot of money because I do not have a good customer base and sometimes fail to get any orders the entire day. My biggest goal is to start another business, preferably an entertainment shop where I can offer movies and video games. I know that this kind of business can be successful in this area because most youths love passing time in such places which means good profits. I have to do my best to start saving so that I can set up this business before the end of the project because I know it would be impossible if I depend only on my small income.

My child and I were very sick during the period which I received the most recent transfer, so I spent most of the money on our treatment. During that period, I was unable to work because my kind of job requires physical strength which I did not have at the time and had to spend the rest on the money on foodstuff and other household requirements.

My life is currently different from how it was in that, I am able to offset some bills like paying rent and electricity bills with ease. Before then, we used to sleep hungry a lot as compared to nowadays where I do not only depend on selling water using a cart.

My new goal is to start a business, probably selling fruits. It seems to be a good business because the competition is low being that most youths are into selling second-hand clothes. Currently, I do causal jobs like supplying water using a cart but it is unreliable. This is why I am determined to accomplish this goal so that I can be sure of an income every day.

I spent part of my transfer to paying rent. Lard lords are always on people's neck and I do not want to go through such embarrassments because the last experience was not good when he came and knocked, demanding for the money and I did not have it by then. I also bought food and paid electricity bills. The remaining amount was spent on buying clothes for my child.

My life has changed because our source of income has always been the casual jobs that are normally available on an off and on basis which makes life so unpredictable and at times surviving becomes extremely difficult. I have also been able to buy a few items in the house such as tables, seats, cupboard and a new 32 inch TV set which of course I would have never been able to buy were it not for the transfers from Give Directly.

I have a plan of saving some little cash at the beginning of each month so that I can be able to take good care of my wife who gave birth early last month. It is not easy being the sole provider for the family so that means I have to keep working hard to make sure that I fully provide for the family.

I spent the cash on paying hospital bills for my wife who had gone to deliver our firstborn child. By that time, I had saved approximately 3000 KES which I knew would help me towards the hospital bill payments as well as paying for a transport fee to and from the hospital. I am so glad that the organization sent me the cash at the very right time when I needed it the most.

My goal is to start a new business where I sell second hand clothes and shoes. I have been saving part of transfers and also the income I get from casual jobs and I will use the money to start this business. This will be a regular source of income since currently I depend on the little money I get from casual jobs to meet my basic needs. I will also save the money from the business to buy an acre piece of land in my rural home.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from Give Directly is that I can now meet all my basic needs. In the past, it was a challenge to provide my basic needs but now I no longer struggle since I used part of transfers to get basic needs such as food. I can also help my father to pay his hospital bill monthly check ups. He was involved in a road accident and he has been going for monthly hospital check ups. At times he could miss to go for the check ups when I did not have the money but now I am happy since he no longer miss the medical check ups since I am using part of transfers to pay his hospital bill.

I saved my most recent transfer since I am planning to start a new business where I sell shoes and second hand clothes. I decided on this because many people have not ventured into the business and it is not competitive compared to other businesses. This will be a source of income to meet my basic needs. I will also use the income to help my father pay his hospital bill monthly check up. He was involved a in a road accident and he has been under medication since that day.

When I woke up, I saw the Mpesa notification message and another message from Give Directly that they have sent the money. I was so happy and I immediately informed my wife about the good news. She was so happy and said a word of prayer to thank God for the cash transfers.