"There has been a great difference in my life ever since I received the funds from give directly. I'm now building a two-roomed home with a veranda where my husband, my four children, and I will be living in. This is because the one-roomed one we currently live in is very squeezed. I also got to buy a 5 by 6 bed and a mattress for my children. Now they won't have to sleep on the floor." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I had just woken up and while I was going through my phone, I saw a message. upon reading, I saw that I had received funds from give directly. I was very ecstatic and this brightened my day. In my mind, I had two things I had been yearning to do; buying a motorcycle and building a new house. I contemplated then I saw it best to settle for the motorcycle. This will bring in more money which I would use to build a house for my family (my wife and my four-month-old baby)." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I would be lying if I said that I was not happy when I received the money. It came when my husband and I were at home. For a while, we had been under financial constraints that made it hard to fend for our three children. So, when I saw that I had received the funds from give directly, this spelled out the beginning of my journey to some financial freedom. To reduce the pressure my husband had about the motorcycle he bought on hire purchase, we cleared the debt and I also got to start a mini-market business."

"Receiving money from GiveDirecty means a better living standard for the family. I have two children in college and secondary school whose school fees amount to KES 81,000 per year. They have been in and out of school due to lack of school fees , I depend on my husband who works as a motorcycle rider within a nearby center. He earns little income which cannot nurture all of us especially with the high cost of living in the country. I will consequently use all my first transfers and some from second transfer to clear there school fees balance. From the remaining amount I will plan to obtain food to sustain the family for the next 2 months. This will allow us focus on the next academic year school fees." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a motorcyclist and currently face with some difficulty in providing food and others needed materials for the family. If I do received this cash transfer from Give Directly, I am going to buy another motorcycle to add onto the one I do currently have to help me earned more cash."

"My new goal was to renovate my house.I never had the opportunity to do. My family and I were feeding from hand to mouth.until give-directly came to my rescue and now I am able to renovate my house." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

""Right now, the house I'm staying in is not guaranteed because the palpus has a certain length of time to stay for it to be rebuilt or renovated. So, I'll build a mud-brick house and have a plastered, roof with zinc and also painted for it to look decent for myself and my family. After I shall enrolled my son to school for the following semester, I'll purchase a cow to raise with the rest of thr money left of thr cash transfer."" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Last year when I was unable to raise some money to support my family, I sold all the livestock I had then, chicken. I do a motorcycle taxi business, a sector that has been poorly performing since the beginning of this year. With the transfer, I was able to spend KES 1,750 on buying 5 chickens. I am glad that I have begun to revive this venture and it will definitely enable me to earn additional income by the end of the year. As my poultry farm grows, I shall be able to buy and start raising goats. Lastly, I spent KES 1,000 on buying food for my family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Food insecurity is the current problem because I have to buy all food stuff. I rely on working for others in taxi business where I get about KEES 300 a day. Only food" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a freelance motorcycle driver, on a good day I make a profit of 500 KES, and on other days I come back home penniless, the latter is more. This makes it hard for me to provide for my family. I have four children and a wife, and all of them depend on me. The cost of food has gone high. A bag of flour is sold at 145 KES and in a day as a family, we consume three bags, this is draining me financially and some days I can only afford one bag which means going without one meal a day." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)