"All my children are married and I currently live with my grandchild. We live in an old big house and I fear it might fall one day. When I receive this money, I will use KES 40000 to renovate the house and comfortably live in. The 0.3 acre of land I till isn't productive enough to sustain me for both income generation and school fees for my grandchild. I intend to use the rest of the transfers on food and my upkeep."

"I am no longer able to do casual jobs to earn a living due to my old age. When I receive this money I will buy a dairy cow at KES 30000 to enable me to earn income through the sale of milk. I will also purchase a plastic water tank at KES 20000 to enable me to harvest rainwater thus saving my family with perennial water shortage. I am having school fee arrears KES 10000, therefore I will also use the cash to clear arrears to enable my child to study peacefully without being sent to collect school fees balance. The remaining KES 30000 will go to renovating my house and build a new kitchen."

"For the past 3 years my family has not lived or slept soundly due to the poor roofing in our house. It's small and we all have to share sleeping space including our 6 children. The hut is grass thutched and it pours inside whenever there's rain. When we have guests it's not easy to entertain them inside because the grass falls on them. Receiving this money will mean better shelter for my family and we'll build a bigger house worth KES 35,000. Since all our children are in school, the remaining amount will aid in paying school fees for them, buy food and a dairy cow."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is with my finances. I am a subsistence farmer and the produce that I get, I sell in order to pay school fees for my children. It has been a hard task educating them with minimal finances and the produce that I get is less. This has been a challenge."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving helping the poor people in the society by paying school fees for their children and building better houses through the cash transfer. I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"I live in a small house without a door that we use as a kitchen, sitting room and a bedroom at the same time. My family is still young but we have always wanted to build a bigger house so that as my children continue to grow, the will have a place to sleep. Also, my son had come of age and was supposed to start going to school. I had only acquired a chance at our neighboring school but had not started attending classes as I had not paid for his fee. After receiving my transfer, spent KES 5000 to pay for my his school fees, KES 23000 to purchase a wooden door and some building materials to use in the construction of a house for my family. Also, I spent KES 15000 to buy a bed and a matress. I settled on this since we have been sleeping on the floor and I had started having some back pains. I spent the remaining KES 10500 to buy three sacks of maize for our consumption."

"When I received my transfers, I spent KES 13000 to buy a heifer as an investment that I can rely on in paying school fees for my children. I will be using money from the milk sales to achieve this. Also, I spent KES 19000 to purchase two sets of seats and two tables. I decided on this since I did not have any and I used to be borrowing them from my neighbors whenever I had visitors. In addition to this, I spent KES 10000 to purchase some utensils since the ones I had were less. Using the remaining KES 12000, I bought some clothes and food for my family."

"Receiving this money means better Education for my Two Daughters. Since COVID-19 pandemic was reported in Kenya life has been hard. I used to go and sell Vegetables in the market so that I can get some money for school fees. The Government of the day closed market places and since then I have never afforded to get money for school fees. When I receive this transfers I will pay KES 50,000 for the two children and with that their learning will never be interpreted till they completed secondary school Education. The remaining amount I will buy a Dairy cow Worth KES 30,000 and the remaining will go for clothing and foodstuffs for the family."

"It's feel good to own a dairy cow, I used to buy milk daily for our daily consumption which was too expensive because 1litre of milk sells for 50 dollars, I don't have a stable source of income therefore buying milk daily is costly, but all this is in the past now thanks to GiveDirectly that lifted my life to a greater level, I am at peace now because I also cleared the school fees arrears for my children. I am grateful for the support that bettered my life."

"My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me. I was spending KES 900 per month. I depend on small scale farming and small business of groceries. The amount of money that I get through this is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs I used to save some money for school fees for my son. I had no money to buy the dairy cow. When I received the second transfer I found it wise to invest on dairy farming. I bought a dairy cow and currently I get enough milk for my family. I get 7 litres per day. My family used 3 liters per day and I sell 4 liters to earn an income. I save the money that I get through the sell of milk to pay school fees and also to meet other basic household needs. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has enabled me to cut this daily cost. I am hopeful that I will improve this dairy farming to another level."