"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I completed to pay school fees for my daughter who in a tailoring college and she graduated well. Thereafter I bought her a sewing machine and constructed a single-room house for her to start her tailoring business at the shopping center so that she can establish herself. Initially I used to pay the school fees as well as sustain my family’s basic needs from selling charcoal which was a mega challenge and I doubt if my daughter would have been able to graduate if it were not for GiveDirectly."

"Receiving this money means a better life for my household, I am currently doing a small business of knitting school sweaters and selling them to individual customers. This money gives me an opportunity to growing my business as I will rent a place in Chebunyo trading center and maximize the production and sale of school sweaters which will earn me more income, with this I plan to set aside KES 50000 as capital and operating cost to run this business successfully. My firstborn child is disabled and he is enrolled in a special school for persons with disabilities, this has been costly for us, this money gives me hopes as I will set aside KES 20000 to pay school fees and his daily up keep . Also, our house is not in good condition making me plan the remaining money to renovate our house." (Occupation: Small business)

"Milk is in high demand and paying in our area, this money gives me hope in venturing into dairy farming which will help me tap more income from the sale of milk which will improve our lives. To achieve this dream I will plan KES 70000 to buy two dairy cows to start this enterprise, my wife is also passionate about tailoring but with our little earnings from our casual jobs which is about KES 300 daily, she is unable to enroll in a tailoring course. Now with the help of this money, I will use KES 20000 to support her to enroll in this course at Chebunyo Technical Training Institute and this will help her achieve her dream of starting a tailoring business. I will therefore use the remaining amount to buy food for my family."

"GiveDirectly has improved the lives of many; including me through the transfers we were sent. From the transfers, some started businesses; others equipped existing business while others paid school fees for their children as well as constructing houses. Everything has been so smooth in my experience with GiveDirectly, and so there isn't anything they haven't done well."

"I operate a motorbike business. A month ago, I decided to take a leap of faith and use my savings to start constructing a house. So far, I'm impressed with the progress and I just can't wait for it's completion."

"I have been in the business of brewing our local liquor. For the past two years, I have been trying to find ways of changing jobs. Chicken business in the village is a sure way of making quite a lot of money. If I am enrolled in the Give Directly program, keeping aside 5,000KES of the first three transfers will aid purchase of a few chicken to start with. That will mean a lot to my foly and I."

"When I dropped out of school due to lack of school fees, my hope for a bright future flushed right before my eyes. I have been sitting idle at home feeling useless because I have nothing to fall back on. No business, no papers, my family is quite poor and cannot raise capital for me to start a business. With my first transfer, I will buy two chicken for business and keep adding two every month for the next 4 months. I'll sell eggs and make a living. This will mean the world to me."

"Receiving this money means a furnished decent and spacious house for my family. The house I currently reside in is very old and the walls are no longer stable. This is risky given that the walls might collapse anytime. I am planning to use the first transfer from GiveDirectly to construct a three bedroom house for my family. One room will host my husband and I, the other room for my grandchildren and the third room for any visitor. The house will cost me KES. 55,000 equalling to the first transfer. I will further use KES. 30,000 from the second transfer to buy a new bed and a matress to replace the old beddings. Doing all this will make me happy because I will have managed to fulfil my desires." (Occupation: Small business)

"Receiving this money will mean my dream of starting my own business will come to pass. I am a carpenter by profession and currently I am employed on casual terms. I earn about KES 200 per day when there is work to do. I plan on buying woodworking machines especially a second hand table saw that will cost me KES 70,000 and use the rest of the money to rent a premise and purchase timber. This will enable me to earn KES 800 and my life will then be better when I have a stable source of income."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is financial constraints. I was a farmer before our land was divided amongst us meaning that my source of income was cut and so I had to look for an alternative way to take care of my family. I also had a lot of financial challenges in treating my wife who had cancer." (Occupation: Small business)