"Receiving this money means my family shall be financially stable and food secure. I am a mother of 2 who dropped out of school in 2019 due to early pregnancy. I have been unable to secure any job. I spent most of my time within the homestead doing house chores and farming pulp onions because my kids are young. These onions earn me at least KES 200 per week. I sell them to businesswomen at the grocery because I do not have time to take them to the market. My husband works as a casual laborer where he earns at least KES 200 per day. This work is seasonal hence we cannot fully depend on it to vend for the family. Due to the kids, we spend most of our incomes and wages on milk and food this is usually KES 1200 per month. Therefore receiving this amount will eventually relieve me from these expenses because I shall buy a dairy cow worth KES 35000 and three dairy goats worth KES 12000. From this, we shall get milk for household consumption and the surplus for sale to earn incomes that will be used on the needs of my family such as school fees, food, and clothing."

"Receiving this money means a lot of relief for me financially. I plan to purchase two dairy cows costing me approximately KES 70,000. This will be a form of investment for me. I have two children in high school and others soon to join, which strains me a lot by paying for their school. My husband is the sole provider, being in the transport sector, his job is very unreliable. He earns at most KES 10,000 a month, which goes to paying school fees for the children hence we remain with almost nothing to cover other needs."

"Feeding my family is the biggest hardship we have faced. We depend on casual jobs where we are paid weekly of around 750 KES. This will have to cater family basic needs, school fees and others as little as it is we just survive with it."

"I have always wished to build a bigger house since the one I currently live in with my family of 5 is only two-roomed. It is such a shame that whenever I have guests, I am usually forced to ask my relatives to accommodate them at night due to limited space in my house. The small business (buying and selling livestock at a profit) which I am employed to engage in only earns me KSH 300 daily and this only caters for food for my family. Whenever I get higher pay, I save the amount for school fees hence my other family developments remain a dream. This is the biggest hardship I face."

"Receiving this money means I will be releaved the burden of school fees for my children.I have two daughters one in secondary school and one in college and I have been struggling for their education fees. I will spend KES 40,000 for my daughters' fees, spend KES 20,000 to buy goats and start farming as a source of wealthy for my family and spend KES 15,000 shillings to buy food for my family and seeds for the coming planting season . I will go for eyes checkup because I have developed sight problems."

"Receiving this money means access to basic education for my children. I have a family of six children. Five in primary school and one in secondary school. Raising these children has been very difficult. I usually depend on charcoal burning business which earns me less than KES 1000 a month. This money is not sufficient to meet the basic needs of my family. Besides my husband is old and also dependent to his three wives to get food. I intend to use the first cash transfer to clear school fees balances for my children and other educational costs like uniform and books. I will then use the second cash transfer to buy goats as a store of wealth for my children."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a dairy cow, I am now certain that the health of my children will improve because of the milk intake, I was also able to start a poultry project that I am hopeful that in the future I will be able to earn an income out of it, meaning that it will cater for the school fees needs of my children, I am humbled that GiveDirectly has impacted my life positively,"

"Receiving this money means building a spacious house for my family. I am living in a one bedroom house together with our son . I also cook in the same living room. There is no privacy and also the family is affected by the smoke during cooking because I use firewood. I will buy a two bedroom house and a jiko for cooking. This will cost KES 70000. I will use KES 40000 to buy goats as investment. This will help me get school fees in future when my son starts schooling."

"Receiving this money means education to my children. I am a mother of five children and four of them are in secondary school. I do casual work which does not give me enough monyto pay school fees for my children. They are on and off of school due to lack of school fees. Upon receiving this money, I will use KES 70000 to pay school fees for my children. Everyone is required KES 35000 per year. I will use KES 30000 to add one bedroom to my house for it is not spacious now. I will also use the remaining KES 10000 to buy food for the family."

"Receiving this momey means that I will be able to renovate the house, I will also buy maize to ensure I have enough food and lastly I will be able to pay school fees for my children"