"Receiving this money means I will finally own a piece of land. I bought this land 6 months ago but I still had areas of KES 50000. I will pay off this so that I'm done with it. The remaining amount I will use to fence off the land. Owning this land is also an investment, when the time comes , and my children go to school if I lack finances I can sell it off to pay school fees."

"Being a widow with 7 children has not been easy. I have single-handedly struggled to see them through school because my husband passed on when our firstborn had not yet joined high school. In the year 2016, for example, I had three children in high school all at the same time. I relied on village fundraising which made me go through a lot of shaming because a section of neighbors was bold enough to tell me that my job is to give birth with the expectation that the community will help me raise school fees."

"Life here in the village is very tough. This is because there are limited sources of income. Depending on farming has been hard because of prolonged drought. This has resorted to looking for casual jobs and selling charcoal. Casual jobs are hard to find while charcoal selling involves a lot of work with less money. In a week, I get as little as 10 USD after working tirelessly. This is barely enough to satisfy all needs like food, good shelter, clothing and school fees. Little income to satisfy the family's needs is therefore my biggest hardship."

"Receiving this money will help me provide proper education for my children. I have been struggling a lot paying school fees. My children have been on and off school due to school fees arrears. I have three children in secondary school. I will use 25,000 Kenya Shillings of the transfers to pay school fees. I will also invest 30,000 Kenya Shillings in livestock farming. I will start by buying two oxen and some poultry. What I will get from the livestock will help me support my spouse in providing for the family."

"I have for a long time been involved in extracting aloe vera juice that I sell to earn a living. To get $8 per week, I have to fill a 20 liters container, an income that is not enough to cater to my household's basic needs. My children have been sent out of school and since I lack money, they have to spend like a week before they go back to school once I sell the aloe vera extract. Receiving this money will be a store of wealth for me since I intend to spend $600 to buy 3 indigenous dairy cows that will help me to sell the milk when they calf. This will be my source of income and hence, reducing the stress of paying school fees. The remaining amount will help me to pay some fee arrears of $100 and also to sort other basic needs like food and nice beddings."

"My husband is struggling looking for school fees to take my core wife's son to secondary school but we have not yet got any money-receiving this money means I will take my husband's son to school and do all shopping inorder to enable the child join form 1. I will spend 40,000 shillings to assist the son join secondary school, I will use 10,000 shillings to buy food for my house and spend the rest to buy goats and cows as source of wealthy and for any emergency case."

"Receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly means proper education for my children. My children have been on and off school due to the lack of school fees. Therefore, immediately I receive the money from GiveDirectly, I will use 400 dollars to pay for my children school fees. This will assure them of enough study time in school. I will use the balance to start a goat selling business. I will start buying goats from the villages and taking them to the market to sell at a profit. This will enable my family earn some income and thus meet the basic necessities of life."

"I am a widow with a family of four children. Two of the children are currently in school. One is in class four and the other one is in class two. Raising these children has been a challenge since I have no source of a stable income. I depend on charcoal burning business which earns me less than $ 6 a week. What is even more worrying is that due to the high number of people doing this business, there are no trees as all of them have been cut down. This has made life more difficult for me and my children. I intend to use the first cash transfer from GiveDireclty to build a two bedroom house since the one I live in is in bad condition and is very small to accommodate me and my children. This will cost around $250. I will then use the remaining amount of money to clear school fees for my children. I will also use the second cash transfer to buy ten goats that will be a store of wealth for my children. This will cost me around $450."

"Receiving this money means a reliable source of income for my household. I am planning to spend $300 transfer to buy 10 goats which will act as long term investment project to my family. I will sell the goats at a profit when they multiple. I will use the remaining amount of my first transfer to pay school fees for my children at school. With my second transfer I will spend $250 my to construct a separate house for to restore to respect that I have lost for long. The remaining amount will cater for household needs like food."

"When I receive this money I will buy a cow with KES 25000, also I will budget KES 40000 to construct a two roomed iron sheet house for my children. I will clear school fees arears of KES 20000 of my son in secondary school to enable him study without disturbance of being sent to collect fee balances. For the remaining KES 15000 I will buy food and clothing's for family members."