"Receiving this money means continued education for my children.My husband and I depend on charcoal production which is energy draining and gives us an income of KES 24,00 per month. The earnings are not enough for my household of six members because we spend KES 200 on food and KES 100 on water during week days and an extra KES 100 for water on weekends.This is for washing school uniforms.Therefore, I am planning to spend KES 40,000 to pay school fees of my son who is in secondary school. Besides, I will use a portion of the second transfer to buy four indigenous goats because they do well in our area due to harsh weather conditions.As the giants multiple I will sell at a profit and use it when I am in need.The remaining amount will help me cater for other basic needs such as food and water which sells at KES 50 for a jerrican of 20 lts as a result of prolonged drought."

"I want to continue my education and do my masters but I'm currently not able because of financial difficulties. My foster mother who used to help me with my son's school fees also died and this has brought some financial difficulties to me and my family"

"The biggest challenge is financial constraints. It has been an uphill raising school fees for my four children. I depend only in casual jobs with no regular income. I live each day as it comes. Such kind of life is not easy, I am always worried about the next day, my thoughts always is about how to educate my children and how to manage my family without constant borrowing."

"Ours has been to purchase a dairy cow. At the moment we do not own any, we usually purchase milk from the nearby Kabisimba centre at a price of KES 60 per litre. To us it is expensive, a time we cook tea without milk when we are unable to purchase it. We intend to buy a dairy cow of KES 40000. It will enable us to be self-sufficient in milk production as well as be able to sell the surplus to support other several needs for our family such as paying for school fees.We will use the other money to build a house for our son."

"Receiving this money means a better house for my family. Currently, I live in a mud house that is quite tiresome to smear whenever it's washed up by rain. I plan to convert it to a bricks house that is more permanent and needs little maintenance. I plan to also purchase household items like seats and tables. This will cost me approximately KES 50,000. For the rest of the amount I will pay up school fees for my four children in secondary school."

"Receiving this money means paying school fees for my children. I am a single mother with a family of four children. One is in form two and three are in primary school. Paying their school fees and meeting their basic needs has really been very difficult. This is because I depend on charcoal burning business to meet the basic needs of my family. This business is not reliable since it earns me less than 2000 KES a month. This is not enough to cater for my basic needs and raise school fees for my children. I have also been depending on bursaries from our local leaders to pay fees for my son in secondary school but this is not reliable since sometimes I miss and my son is sent home to stays for a month or two, then go back with some money that I shall have earned from my business. Upon receiving this money, I will be able to pay school fees for my four children. I will then use the remaining amount to buy five goats which I will sell when they multiply to meet other basic needs."

"Recieving this money means I will have a better home and good education to my children., I am a single mother of four, and I live in a small compound that I was given to stay with my children and out of this I built a small structure that we have since stayed together. I am now a grown up woman and really feel ashamed to sleep with my children in one room who are also grown up. I plan to spend KES.60,000 to extend my house and use the remaining to pay for school fees."

"The money will meant business capital and paying for my children's school fees. My husband is in South Africa were he is working. I live here with my three Children and together there are 5 in our family. I do not do any business and I am not employed. I depend much on my husband which he sends K15000 ($14) per month. The money is mostly used to buy food and other basic needs. I have a piece of land that I do subsistence farming and I harvest 5 bags of 50kgs. I use 75kgs of maize per month and the 5 bags is only enough to feed us for 3 months. The remaining months I buy from the money my husband sends every month. The cash transfer I want to use it to start business. I would like to be buying and selling fish. Then the other part of the transfer I would like to use it to pay for school fees of my children at a good private school."

"My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have started a Barber shop. I used to do a casual jobs in the village and sometimes to get this jobs is so hard. The daily wages is KES 300. This was not enough to meet all the basic needs of the family including paying school fees. I had no extra money to save. I had always wished to own a business before but I didn't had the money. When I received the second transfer I bought eight iron sheets, I was able to build a barber shop at home. Barber shop. I bought the hair cut machine, hair comb, scissors, battery and Sola panel. Currently I am running a small barber shop at home. My target customers are the school going children and even the parents. I also charge phones. I am able to take home KES 350 per day. I have stopped the casual jobs and devote all my time on my business. I am in a position to save some money which was not possible before. I can manage my work well without being follow up with much pressure. My family is able to get all the basic needs and I pay the school fees in time. GiveDirectly has changed my living standard. I have peace of mind now to invest on this amazing business and even open other branches across."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have renovated my house. I was able to buy paints from the hardware and painted the walls and the ceiling to look better than before. I redesigned my varender to look better. I bought the grills and rebuild it. It's now looking so decent and free from dust. Finally I bought iron sheets planning to replace the old ones out. This has always been my dream. I had always wished to do renovation but I didn't had the money. I had children in school. Paying school fees was always my first priority. Currently my children have finished their studies and graduated. I am so happy because I am now able to do my own activities. I depend on small scale farming and dairy keeping project. I sell milk and farm produce to earn an income to support my daily activities. Currently my house look very decent and I am so grateful for the support from GiveDirectly."