"I have been burning charcoal my entire life until 2015 when I developed chest problems. I visited a doctor and I was barred from doing manual jobs. This has forced me to depend entirely on my husband who is a motorcycle rider. He is polygamous and he mostly spends time with the other wife providing us with little or no support at all. This has made me live a miserable life whereby I can not afford even the basic household needs."

"With this money from Givedirectly, i brought a motorcycle for business purpose to support the family because my life is now better than before and through this money, my family life have changed and i am trying to get better for ever."

"When darkness falls, my peace of mind disappears. The fear of my house collapsing while sleeping take away my peace. My husband is a motorcycle rider and the KES 200 that he earns per day as a commission is not enough to cater for me and my child and save towards building a house. when we were enrolled in the program we saw it as a good opportunity to build us a decent house. we spend KES 48000 to build a house and the balance to buy a bed and mattress. In nolonger hate evenings anymore because I enjoy sleeping in a safe house and on a bed and mattress. Basically I enjoy my nights nowadays and am so grateful to GiveDirectly for the support." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the purchase of my motorcycle. This has now become the main income source for my family. As a result, I am stress-free, and no longer do casual labor. Furthermore, the transfers have enabled me to buy adequate food for my family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a motorcycle rider so I was ferrying my client to a certain destination when I heard a message notification from my phone. Since I was nearby the destination, I thought to myself why not just wait to get to the destination and check what the message was all about. In arrival, I confirmed that it was the transfers message and I was so happy to have received the transfers." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Receiving this money means safety to me. For a year now, I have been staying under a house that is unsafe to occupy together with my 2 children. The house is so weak. This area being so bare ( without trees), there is a risk of the house falling in case of a windstorm. I intend to use 30,000 KES to build a different house. A house that will have concrete pillars to stand any form of strong winds. I will be the happiest person when I own such kind of a house because the safety of my family will be guaranteed." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The current challenge I am currently facing is unemployment. For 3 years now, I have never had a constant source of income because of being jobless. I partially work as a motorcycle taxi operator. The income I get from this job cannot exceed 200 KES per day. Having a wife and a child, this amount is not enough to sufficiently supply my family with the required basic needs ( food, health care)." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"It was around 3 pm while going about my daily work with my motorcycle taxi. That is when I heard from my customers that I was ferrying to the nearest village town that they had received their transfers. Unfortunately, I had left my phone in town charging so I couldn't verify the news. It was around 7 pm when I picked up the phone from the charging shop that I confirmed to have received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly and couldn't be happier." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have three young children who have just started their primary education. We are alive to the fact that very soon we will require extra money to be able to pay their school fees especially once they join secondary school. It is for this reason that I am currently saving as much money as possible to make it possible for us to acquire a motorcycle. The motorcycle shall not only make me as the head of the household to be self employed but shall also earn us extra income to make our living affordable. This is a new goal in which I am very keen to accomplish."

"It was around 6pm in the evening and I was still at work carrying passengers, as I work as a motorcycle taxi driver, when I received the text message confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I was so happy when I got the money because I knew clearly that the plans I had all along, which was getting my own brand new motorcycle and quit employment., would be fulfilled. We had been told that the main aim of this money was to eliminate poverty and I knew that getting my own motorcycle would just do that. I couldn't afford to buy myself the motorcycle because the income which I used to earn from the one I was employed to operate was not sufficient enough even though I kept on saving a little by little knowing that one day I will be able to raise enough to get myself a brand new motorcycle. Therefore, I was so happy because GiveDirectly made my dream come true." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)