"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now a proud owner of three goats and not one as I used to before. These are assets to me that I can depend on in case of any financial constraints as one can easily sell them. In addition, I will be selling the offspring when they reproduce and use the money in paying school fees for my children and this will enable them to concentrate on their studies as they will rarely be sent back home."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to relocate my son who is in college. My son when he joined the college he was living in hostels. He was required by ghetto school to look for a rental house outside. I depend on small scale farming at home and I do not have another source of income. I was so stressed up on where to get the money. I could have sold my only cow. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felted so happy because I knew I won't sell my dairy cow. I knew I will sort out the expenses for my son. Currently he is living peaceful and study well in school since I had paid the school fees. I have peace of mind to do other activities at home. GiveDirectly came at the point when I needed support the most. I'm so happy for the support because GiveDirectly has changed my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to pay back the debt that I had borrowed from my friend to pay school fees for my son. When my son was joining college we didn't had some money. I do small scale farming at home. Our place is a semi-arid the harvest is so small and it's only for consumption. I did not had an extra crops to sell. My spouse is a motorcycle taxi operator. The money that he always gets is so small and it's for school fee and other basic household items. We had no extra money to clear the debt. This was not giving us peace of mind. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly, I decided to pay the debt of KES 25,000. Currently we are so grateful and happy. We have peace of mind to do other activities without being stress up. We have devoted much of our time on doing activities that generate income to pay the school fees. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our lives to be much better than before."

"I have always wanted to build a house for my family, this desire will be fulfilled once I start receiving this money. I will save for about four months then I will build my dream house. A three-bedroom house with a verandah where I can host visitors and sit with my family. I will also use it to pay school fees for my seven children. I was a domestic worker but left the previous home due to bad treatment from the family. I know do casual jobs, like fetching water and farming other peoples land."

"Lack of employment is a major concern. I was unable to clear my wifes' dowry contributing to her having to go back to her maternal home. I am a motorcycle rider, on a good day I earn about Ksh 400 which I use to support my parents. I have siblings who are in school who I assist in paying their school fees. With all these responsibilities this income is not enough."

"If I receive a cash transfer from GD, I intend to start a business on my own that will help me raise profit to pay my children school fees. Even though I am currently burning char coal and at the same time involved with subsistence farming (cassava farm), but the cash flow from these activities bring in are limited to start a formalize business and pay my children school fees. However, a cash transfer gift from Givedirectly will help tailored my desire to educate my children. More besides, I was only able to stopped in the 1st grade because of the civil war in Liberia in 1990 that force me into early marriage to fend for me and my family (parents). The man that I got married to could afford money that could support my family (parents and siblings), and that my parents were forced to allowed he takes me to marriage so as to meet our daily needs. Since my early marriage stopped me from achieving my education goals, I intend to do it for my children."

"The main hardship i am facing is lack of food and money, I usually struggle by going in the bush to cut sticks and burned it into coal before I get money for food and my son school fees."

"I am a proud owner of a dairy cow and this is the biggest difference in my daily life as I had not been able to afford it all these years due to financial constraints. Because of this, I no longer buy milk as I used to and this has enabled me to save the money that I would have spent on them. In addition, I will be able to pay my children's school fees with ease when it calves as I will be selling some of the milk and use the money to achieve this. I am so grateful that the organization allowed me to better my life by giving us unconditional cash."

"In the last six months what has brought me joy or happiness is when my son called me in the month of May 2021 to tell me that one of his friends voluteeer to pay his school fees, I was so happy, I started thanking God for what he did for my son because I'm unable to pay my son fees and the fact that someone I know from no where came and voluteeer to help my son Pay his fees brought me so much joy."

"Due to the present condition of this house, my plan is to renovate my house when I receive the transfer and also pay my children school fees."