Yes, after receiving my first transfer, I longed to build my house and a small veranda outside it, and buy a goat and good food for my family. Before I started receiving this form of aid for GiveDirectly, I had a very bad house with no door or a window the roof too was so old and had a lot of holes. During sunny seasons, the heat from the sun could penetrate in and burn us even from the inside, it could burn even my belongings. During rainy seasons, we could be rained on and everything in the house could be wet. My belongings could be ruined in the process. Chickens could enter from any part of the house, eat food and destroy my other belongings as they poop anyhow on their way out. My family used to forgo lunch, and only eat dinner and breakfast because the food was scarce. I thank GiveDirectly for the support, all this problems are now a bygone in my life.

I thank GiveDirectly for the far It has bought us. I am happy about the transfers I received for the two months, a sum of Kes. 110000 which I could not get anyhow. May God bless you. On the other hand, I do not have any complaints at all since I have not seen any. Thank you so much GiveDirectly.

I am a mother of two, a son who is in class two, and a daughter who is in class six. My husband is a motorbike rider while I am jobless and a stay-at-home mother, even though I do farming when it rains. I spent the Kes. 30000 to buy a motorbike for my husband and Kes. 5000 in paying school fees for my daughter who is in class six. Before I started receiving transfers from GineDirectly, she used to be sent home due to a lack of school fees since I had no money to pay for her. I also spent Kes. 5000 in buying clothes for my children, they lacked proper attire to put on. With the remaining Kes. 13150, I bought good and enough food since we used to have two meals in a day due to lack of money.

I was on my way from the dam together with my daughter, when I heard my phone ringing very loudly. Since we were in a hurry and it was getting late I had to rush home. On arriving home, I had to check the contents of the messages and I was so shocked to see KES 55000 in my Mpesa account. I felt so happy since it was like a miracle to me, also I was certain that I would finally buy a mortbike.

My spouse has been the family breadwinner for the past five solid years. This has however not been easy for him at all since he was employed by his friend and paid on commission. From this motorbike business, he used to earn KES 250 in a day which could hardly sustain all our basic needs as a family. My two children were always at home due to the accumulated fees, also skipping meals used to be a routine. Therefore after receiving the cash, we had to think of a permanent solution to all the hiccups that we have been undergoing. Having our motorbike has therefore brought the biggest difference in our daily life because whatever we earn( KES 1500 in a day) is all ours. We no longer strain like before in meeting the family's needs courtesy of GiveDirectly.

I spent a huge portion of my first cash transfer ( KES 49000) to buy a second-hand motorbike. This had to be a priority because my spouse had a good experience since he has been operating hose of his friends for him to earn a living. However, he used to earn so little that could hardly sustain our needs. We then felt there was a need to purchase our own. I am so thankful for the profits we have been earning lately, meeting the familys has never been a challenge like before. To add to that, I bought a new mattress at KES for my kids because they have been using mats and I thought there was a demand for a change. With the remaining money, I had to buy food for the family.