"We spent KES 37000 of our recent transfer on building another bigger house. The house that we have been living in, is small and grass-thatched. There is hence no space for welcoming guests visiting our household. It has always been our wish to build one. We were just not able to fulfill this dream because we didn't have the large sum of money needed. I usually depend on casual jobs to earn a living while my husband is a motorcycle taxi driver. The money that we get most of it usually goes to the purchase of food and payment of merry-go-round contributions. The money that we receive from the merry-go-round group when it reaches our turn usually helps us in repaying the motorcycle since we took it on loan. We also usually use part of it in buying food and paying school fees for our children. Other than building a house, we also bought a bag of maize for our consumption and we used another KES 5000 on repaying the motorcycle loan. We usually pay KES 2500 every week for the loan. We also used KES 2000 of the transfer money on paying school fees for our children. With the remaining amount, we bought a few items that were missing in the house, that is, a table, 2 chairs, some blankets, and clothes for the children. We are hence so much grateful to GiveDirectly for their support." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"At the moment, I do not have any new goals since I am concentrating on monitoring the income flow from the motorcycle taxi which is my main source of income. As I do this, I will be saving 200 KES daily from it thereafter I will think of the next project to invest in."

"My husband is a motorcycle rider. In the past few months, my husband has struggled to provide for the family because of poor business and also poor health. He developed chest pains and severe cough because of the extreme cold weather he encounters in the morning and late in the evening. Because of this, he had to skip work on some days and, being the only breadwinner, we slept hungry on certain days. Few weeks before receiving the money, I also fell ill and when I received the money, I was thrilled because we were really struggling as a family. I spent KSH 1300 from the transfer to seek medical attention for my husband and I. I spent the remaining amount of KSH 1700 to buy food. The health conditions of my husband could not allow him to go to work and we had no food left in the house. Buying the food ensured that my family will not stay hungry."

"My plan was to build my own house in my village, upon receiving my last payment, my new goals is to buy a motorcycle for business. I have now build my own house in my village many thanks to Givedirectly for their support, I'm now having my owned motorbike, I'm very much thankful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come to passed."

"My new plan is to complete the construction of our house and buy additional livestock . When we received the irst transfer we were able to buy some of the building materials like iron sheets and building posts and I am now looking forward to buying other building materials with the savings that I have made from my motorcycle business and thereafter buy an additional dairy cow. We currrently own one dairy cow and the additional one will just make sure that we have milk all year round which will also be an alterntive source of income that will improve our livelihoods as well." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"We used KES 35000 to fully pay for a piece of land that we had boughton credit. I saw this as an opportunity to clear for it since it is very hard for us with the nature of income generating activities that we engage in to accumulate such huge sums of money. We used another KES 10000 to pay school fees for my daughter who recently started her secondary education and used the remaining amount of KES 10000 to buy food clothes and other basic household needs for our family. We feel so happy that GiveDirectly came in handy to help us accomplish all these within a very short time and saved us from the argony of overstaying in debts and the stress that comes with it. We are happy that our 9 children will finally find a more spacious place to stay in and their future is brighter than it has ever been. We hope thatthe works of our hands-hotel business for me and motorcycle operation for my husband shall see us achieve even much more bigger things in the near future but we are so grateful to GiveDirectly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My son who is nine years old now have being sick since he drank caustic soda when he was two years old. And i have being using previous transfers received to take care of him medically. I also purchase motor cycle to start a transport business. Before receiving this transfer i planned to carry my son to the hospital, and buy his food because he eats more cereals, quaker oats and milk. I also purchase more big syringes that i used to feed him. There were no new goals." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"We spent KES 30000 of the recent transfer on improving our house. We bought timber at a total cost of KES 25000 and we used KES 5000 to pay for labor. Our house was mud-walled and we decided to replace it with timber because getting mud for mudding the walls had become a big challenge to us. Apart from that, the mud walls usually get bitten by rains. We have always wanted to improve the house but due to lack of money we were not able to. I am a small-scale subsistence farmer while my husband is a motorcycle taxi driver. The money that he makes from his business most of it usually goes to the purchase of food for our family of six and paying for the merry-go-round contributions. Other than that, we also spent KES 1500 on treatment of one of our children. She had fallen ill the morning of the day that the transfer was sent and we didn't have the money to take her to the hospital. So when we got the transfer, we thanked God and we immediately took her to the hospital. She has not yet fully recovered, she still has to go for check-ups. We also spent KES 4000 on buying herbal medicine for two of our children. We also spent another KES 10000 on repaying back a debt and buying clothes for the children. With the remaining amount of about KES 10000 we used it in paying for a deposit for timber that we plan to use in constructing a shop. We want to start a shop business so that it can help us get more income. We are thus so much thankful to GiveDirectly for their help." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Since I received my first transfer, a lot has improved in my household. After taking a motorcycle on loan which I service monthly, I have no new goal since I am focusing much on the projects which I started with my first and second transfer." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"It was around 4pm and I was at home relaxing with my wife when I received the text message confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and my wife was as well happy because the plans that we had been having all along were going to be fulfilled. These plans, which were to repair my motorcycle and start up a fish frying and selling business, could not be fulfilled before because my job as a motorcycle taxi driver hardly raised enough money and the little I could get mostly catered for my family's daily immediate needs as well as with help from my wife who used to own a small grocery. Therefore, I was so happy I received the money because my dreams could come true." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)