"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to open up a business for my wife and now she's busy earning an income,when we combine with what I get from the motorcycle business I can now sustain my family needs comfortably.I will forever be grateful for what Givedirecty has done for my family."

"I used the third money to pay for my motorcycle." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I plan to improve my house with a new roof, plan to buy Zinc and cement to plaster my house." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My new goal is to restock my existing maize business. I only buy one sack of maize which I sell in small quantities and it gives fairly good returns. However, adding more stock means more customers which leads to improved daily profit. With an improved profit, I can be able to sustain daily household needs." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a student taking a course in building, construction, and technology and I have been depending on any available casual work after classes so that I can get some money to use in supporting myself in terms of basic needs and school fees. Life had never been easy to me since I would sometimes go to bed on an empty stomach. Upon receiving the transfer, I spent KES 15000 to pay for my examination fee since it was nearly approaching and I had no money and used the remaining KES 33000 to buy a second-hand motorcycle and to service it. I am glad that I have been able to meet my immediate needs on time unlike before since I usually use the motorcycle to offer taxi services to people whenever I am not in class."

"In my village most of the residents were living in abject poverty, with the unconditional transfer from GiveDirectly most of them have improved their living standard to a better one, secondly, the rate of children dropping out of school due to school fees has reduced. I am so grateful for the support that empowered my people." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have a family of nine members with seven children. The children are students with the eldest being in class 6 and the last born in class 4. I currently do not have a job as I am expectant and cannot continue doing my normal casual jobs. Before I burnt down woods and logs to make charcoal for sale. My husband too does not have a job and only waits for his friends to lend them their motorcycle for few hours to work. This has made life difficult for our family as the income is too little to feed the family and even pay school fees. When I received my first transfer, I was thrilled and thanked God for it. My children were sent home because of school debt amounting to KSH 3000. I spent KSH 700 to pay some exam fees for my four children so that they would go back to school and seat for their exams and even continue with their studies as they had stayed at home too long. Because of the low income, we had nothing to eat for the last two days before receiving the transfer. I spent the remaining amount of KSH 500 to buy food to avoid starvation."

"I used KES 30000 to buy a second hand motorcycle and used another KES 15000 to buy stock for my new business. The remaining amount of KES 10000 was used to buy food and clothes for my family. We are a young family who are expecting our first child soon and I initially worked as a casual for a neighbour who owned a shop within our village. He paid me KES 5000 per month and this to me was very little money to help sustain my family. I had an idea of starting my own business and when I received money from GiveDirectly, I did not take long before I could decide on that of supplying tea leaves within the town. The motorcycle that I bought was to help me in quick and faster supply and I am happy that I now make an average of KES 300nas profit per day. Our living standards as a family has been greatly improved and we are so optimistic that the business will grow and enable us to have even better living standards in future. I personally feel so much indebted to God and to GiveDirectly for their support."

"I saved KES 40000 of my second transfer in preparation to buying a motorcycle. The motorcycle shall enable me to start working for myself in the transport industry and better the living standards of my family. Right now, all I rely on is farm produce to make a living and it is sometimes very discouraging when the produce is affected by bad weather conditions. I used anther KES 10000 to buy building materials for completing a house that I had built with the fist transfer. The remaining amount of less than KES 5000 was used to buy farm inputs and put our land under agriculture in time. We are looking forward to a better harvest and a general rise in living standards of our family."

"As a student, my new goal was to start a business along side my school. I am a self supported person who is struggling to sponsor myself though school. Starting a business will help me continue my education smoothly. This I never thought about until when I received my transfer. This idea came when I received my first transfer." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)