"Before I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, my boyfriend and I have been been finding it difficult to make ends meet. Even finding our daily meal was something hard to do. I have been desiring to even start a little business that could help to sustain us as family but I couldn't get my hands around that planned due to financial constrained. Happily, when I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, my goal have been starting a business. For this reason I decided to buy motorcycle using all three of my transfers. Presently as we speak my boyfriend is now running the bike as means of transportation and this has created a great source of income for my family."

""In recent times my daughter who is living in Buchanan was saved from a motorcycle accident that almost claimed her life. I was so over joyed when God save her life"."

(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My new goal is to expand my business of selling motorcycle spare parts. I am a motorcycle mechanic and I usually repair motorcycles. When I got the second transfer, I decided to find a way of increasing the income that I get, and hence I decided to open a shop for selling the spare parts. I however only managed to buy a few items since the spare parts are very expensive. I would wish to expand it by buying more items but currently, I do not have the money to do so. I, however, plan to save up a little out of the money that I get from the business so that I can use it in buying more spare parts. I want to do so because expanding the business means more income which will help me in providing comfortably all the basic needs for my family, that is food, clothing, and paying school fees for my children."

"My husband was a motorcycle rider and he had done this job for more than 10 years. Life was well during this time but he was diagnosed with pneumonia which made him stay home without any job to do. This made life difficult for me to make both ends meet. My only job as a tailor can only make 200 KES per day which is not enough to buy food and pay school fees. I am overwhelmed with depression not knowing when he will be for to work and help me with the daily activities."

"The biggest challenge is insufficient money. My husband does motorcycle taxis where he is paid KES 300 per day that is on a good day. His earnings are then subdivided among different household needs including paying school fees for our children and purchasing food. We have a small farm where we have planted cabbages but with the little rainfall in our area am scared that it will not yield well as we were expecting to take them to school where my son studies for school fees."

"It was a few minutes to seven while going about my daily motorcycle work when I heard my phone ring. On checking, I confirmed to have received KES55000 from GiveDirectly and immediately I withdrew the money because I was in town." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My eldest son had gotten involved in a motorcycle accident and broke his right hand leg. He was in a wheelchair for the better part of last year, but in January he was fully recovered and has resumed his normal life. I was overjoyed to see him back in his element."

"Receiving this money means restoring dignity for my family. I live in a small single room house. This house is not spacious to accommodate all of us. It is shameful to have a family of three children and share the same bed with them and my spouse. This has forced my two children to borrow shelter from neighbours. I feel sad when people see me as a failure because I have children that I cannot afford shelter for them. However, due to financial challenges, I have not been able to build a bigger house to accommodate my family. I work as a motorist and the much I earn in a day is KES 300. This makes it hard to save and meet our basic needs. My ambition is to build a two bedroom house that will cost me KES 50000. I will then use the remaining amount to invest in my children education." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Black of finance is the major challenge that I am currently experiencing. I depend on selling firewood while my husband is a motorcycle ride which does not offer us sufficient earnings. Both of us get a total of KES 3000 per month. In a day, I need KES 300 for meals and other necessities for a family of four members. All of our income goes into buying food. Due to this, I have been struggling to save money for building my house. Sometimes when I host visitors, I aske neighbors to accommodate them. This embarrasses me."