"" Currently we are suffering for food business, I only way we can get food to eat is when we put cassava in water to make fufu out of it. We also don't have wearing, because we don't have money to buy clothes.""

"" When god help me to get the money, We will go to the hospital first. The both of us have problems with our eyes. After I am ok, I will rebuild my house that broke down. If it is done, I will buy goods and start selling small small things. I want to start selling because my eyes can't allow me to go in the bush like before, so from the business we can continue to generate money to sustain us.""

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly is very efficient in working towards reducing poverty in many communities, especially in my village. It has done this by giving us cash donations that have enabled many residents in my village to start small businesses. With the businesses in place, we can earn money and feed our families. We are very grateful. There isn't anything that GiveDirectly has not done well." (Occupation: Small business)

"The biggest difference for me is starting a New business Now i am able to generate profits and by things for my family."

"I purchased 9 goats worth KES 40500 using the transfer I recently received. This is my family's investment that we will depend on in future especially in educating my children. I have one child at the moment and it is my prayer that God will bless me with more. Their education will always be my priority so that they will have a bright future and starting an investment toward this had always been my priority. Also, I spent KES 10000 to purchase some decent clothes for my family and used the remaining KES 4000 on food." (Occupation: Small business)

"Receiving this money will enable me to buy food and necessary utensils in my house. I recently started this business after my husband left for South Africa to help me keep food on the table and it has been a challenge because the business hasn't picked yet. So this money on the other hand will be used as extra capital to boost my business." (Occupation: Small business)

"In my life, I have been through financial struggles all along. This is because I depend on crop and livestock farming which highly depends on the climatic conditions. With the dry climate in our region, it has been difficult for me to get a constant source of income. I have five children and satisfying all their needs especially food has been an uphill task. Financial struggles is therefore the biggest hardship that I have faced in my life." (Occupation: Small business)

"This money will help me fulfill my dreams of building a smaller house for my first born. My son is growing that he will soon need to be sleeping in a separate house. As such I will use the money to buy baked bricks to use when building the house. On top of that, I will add capital to my grocery shop business not forgetting buying a matress and other household items I am lacking right now."

"Over the last few years I have suffering with Hunger, and I have also lacked clothes to properly dress my children" (Occupation: Small business)

"We depend on doing a small business we buy and resell fish in town and we get it from here but over the recent two years I have had a financial crisis and I used up all my capital and have also struggled to find food" (Occupation: Small business)