"I dropped out of school mid-last year due to unavoidable circumstances. I was in my final year of primary school. I stayed idle at home for all that time until February this year. I got employed as a motorcycle taxi operator where I ferry passengers within the locality. This was a source of solace for me having stayed inactive for 6 months." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"At the age of 23 and I am still sleeping in my brother's house is disheartening. The urge of owning a house made me take a motorcycle on loan so that I can start saving something from my daily income. I planned to have a roof under me in a short while but the flow of money from my business is not consistent which has made it difficult for me to achieve this. These transfers will however help me to buy building materials in bits until I get enough paraphernalia to kick off the project. The project will nonetheless, will still take time to be completed but the good thing is that at the end of it I will have a place to call my own." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I was laying down in my room, when I saw this massage on my phone saying I have received money from GiveDirectly, I was so excited, I started laughing telling God thank you GiveDirectly. After few minutes my friend and I discuss on how to spend the money." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am glad that I was able to accomplish all the plans I had before receiving the transfer. At the moment I have a new goal to renovate the old house I had been living in. Maintenance of both walls and the floors made of mud had been so hard that at some point, I have had to hire someone to renovate it. I have a plan to cut down a few trees within the compound to produce enough timber that can replace the mud on the walls and later I will build my savings to buy sand and cement meant for the floors." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I spent KSH 2000 to finish building the roof of my house. Two months ago, strong winds blew the grass away during the night. Since then I have tried to save the little I earn from my motorcycle business. I am happy that the roof of my house is good and made of iron sheets, making the house look good. Besides building the roof, I spent KSH 500 to pay school fees for my child, who was at home due to school fees arrears. I am happy to report he could sit for his exams. With the remaining KSH 500, I bought food for the family because we had nothing left to cook for that day." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Immediately I started receiving the funds from GiveDirectly, I decide to enroll in a mechanic college to gain experience and skills so that I would start earning income. I am glad that I am now perfecting my skills and I have even started earning some money by repairing cars and motorcycles from clients. Once I am done with the training, I would like to start my work place area where I will be self-employed. When I received my fifth transfer, I spent half of transfer of KSH 1500 to pay for my training fees. I then spent the remaining amount to buy food. To ensure that I fully focus on my trainings, I need to eat well and thus I bought the food to help me get the energy required daily in my trainings." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I used my first and second transfer to buy my building materials because, before Givedirectly came in my community, i was living in my big brother house. I used my third and the recent transfer to buy a motorcycle for a business purpose to support my family and build my own house with the profit i generate from my business."

"I am a mother of four, a dairy, maize, and beans farmer. Before GiveDirectly, my key major challenges were getting a water storage container and a better house. Therefore, when I received the transfer I spent KES 25,000 on a 3000 liters water tank. This is due to a lack of clean drinking water from the nearby water sources and the river with clean drinking water is one and a half kilometers away. To get clean water, we would hire a motorcycle at KES 150 per day for 100 liters of water and this was costly due to other basic needs like food. Additionally, I spent KES 2700 on three pieces of Iron sheets for cuttings, 600 on a water pipe, and KES 1500 on water tank installation costs. Secondly, from the transfers, I spent KES 9,300 on my daughter's school fees because she had arrears. This is because I normally rely on cabbage farming for school fees but are unreliable at times due to the prevalence of drought. Thirdly, I bought ten plastic chairs at KES 6,500 because I used to borrow them whenever I had visitors. I also bought two large cooking pots at KES 7000 and a tea kettle at KES 1, 500. This will come in handy when I have a lot of visitors. I also spent KES 1600 on half a sack of maize. This will sustain my family for a longer period."