"The biggest difference is the improvement of our house and the motorcycle that we were able to repair and use it to earn extra income. These two investments were life changing to me and I will always feel indebted to GiveDirectly."

"The only breadwinner in the family who is my son got involved in an accident after slipping from a cliff after a heavy downpour. This left him with a fractured leg and arm, making him unable to work. In the last two weeks, my family has survived one meal per day, bought on credit from a nearby shop. I am weak and unable to work due to old age. Therefore, when I received my transfer of KES 3000, I spent KES 1000 on my son to get proper medical attention after he experienced an increase in pain from his fractured leg. I then spent KES 1000 to buy food (6 packets of maize flour, 2 kg of beans, 1kg of sugar, and a packet of tea leaves) for my family since we had nothing left after my son the breadwinner worked as a motorcycle rider “boda boda” got bedridden after the accident. Finally, I saved the remaining KES 1000 to buy some chicken next month after receiving my third transfer so that I can start a business in poultry farming and earn a living from it."

"It was almost 6 am and I had already gone out to work. I am a motorcycle taxi driver and at the time the message was being sent, I was busy riding taking a client to his destination. I saw it 10 minutes later when he had alighted and he paid for his fare via mobile money. I pulled out my phone from my pocket to check if the payment had reflected and wow! there was another SMS saying that I had received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I was so excited about seeing this that I even got confused. I then called my wife immediately and I shared the good news with her. She was so happy too and we gave thanks to God because we now knew that the plans that we had were now going to be fulfilled." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I used part of it to buy building materials worth 20000 and used another KES 10000 to wire our house and used the remaining amount to do finishing in our house." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my life is the fact that I can now take my children to school and I also arrive at my work place in time. The motorcycle that I bought has really made our lives much easier and I cannot stop being grateful. Were it not for GiveDirectly then I honestly do not know how things would have been"

"Jobs have been hard to come by in these tough economic times making finances a rare commodity. I make my daily income from being employed as a motorcycle taxi rider. The pay is not that much as on a good day, I average KES 300 but it is better than having none at all. I am single and currently live with my parents and siblings at our childhood home. The KES 3000 received from GiveDirectly has been a major boost, as I am now able to renovate my house so that I move out of my parent’s place. I was able to buy three bags of cement at KES 2000 and pay the cost of the mason with the remaining KES 1000." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I depend on subsistence and dairy farming while my spouse has a motorcycle that he uses to offer taxi services in the neighborhood. Since we have only one child, we have been in a position to meet most of our basic needs on time since I usually earn KES 150 daily from the sale of milk after setting aside two liters for our consumption. With the transfer, I bought a dairy cow worth KES 29000 and used the remaining KES 25000 to purchase some utensils since the ones we had were few, clothes and food for the family. I am glad that we were able to do something tangible with the transfer that will enable us to enjoy GiveDirectly's good deeds for a long time." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a motorcycle taxi and my daily income is always insufficient to comfortably support my family. My wife also does a grocery business. When I received the transfer I opted to boost her business with KES 600. Her business has been cushioning some of my family's needs especially when I am down financially. I used the rest of the transfer to buy food. At that time we did not have sufficient food. All our savings were over and we had depleted some of the foodstuffs we had."

(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"It was around 7 Am when I received a call from my brother. He was telling me that he has received the transfer. When we were done speaking I checked my phone and actually there was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly too. I felt so happy and immediately called my spouse who is in college. She was so happy too. I operate a motorcycle taxi and at that moment I was in town. I withdrew the money and went back home. This was one of the happiest days in my life. I knew I would be able to pay college fees for my spouse."