(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I work on motorbike transport service to earn a living. This industry is becoming challenging as many people are now venturing into it. I used to earn up to KES 500 daily but now I am earning about KES 200 daily. This is making me struggle financially." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Access to water has been my major challenge since it takes a lot of time to go to the stream. I am old, and a widow. It has been four years now since my wife passed on. I have the burden of taking care of my four sons who are still in school. I cook, at times go to the stream myself to fetch water. Days I have to fetch water are the most challenging because every other household chore has to wait till I am back from the stream. There are days I go to the stream and come back home without water since it is the main source for most people in the village and some have an advantage over me since they can hire motorcycles to assist in fetching water."

"I got a loan and started building a 3 bedroom rental house but I was stuck because the money I had planned to finish the house was used to cater for my medical expenses after I got an accident with a motorcycle. Receiving this money means I will finish construction of my rental house so that i can earn rents from tenants."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is being the rightful owner of the dairy cow that I had been keeping for quite a long time. I had been seeing its calves sold out by the owner one after the other but going forward I will be the owner and selling them too when the need comes up. I am still looking forward to doing a lot with the second transfer and I am thankful to GiveDirectly for this." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Givedirectly has done very in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly was able to enroll everyone in our village. Givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well, many thanks to Givedirectly for their support." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The transfer has brought a very big difference in our lives as a family. We were able to buy a cow with part of the transfer. With the cow, I no longer go out in the morning to purchase milk for preparing breakfast for my family. We hence no longer incur the cost of buying milk. We were also able to purchase a bag of maize which we are still consuming up to now. With fewer food costs, we have been able to save up the money that we make from the motorcycle business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The excitement was almost getting out of hand when I first realized that I had received the full amount that I was promised to receive when I was enrolled. I had been anticipating and would instantly confirm every message coming in that week with the hope that it would be the one from GiveDirectly since I never had an exact date. I was on my way back after delivering milk at the collection center when I finally received two concurrent messages one from the service provider and the second one right from the Mpesa. Holding my breath, I opened and read and had to run all the way home passing several homes on the way whose members had already received and were already celebrating as well. I needed to break the news to my family and celebrate together. Even though my husband was not home then, I had to call him and relay the information that he received with excitement too. We thanked God and agreed to proceed with all the plans that we had in place." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"We are living as a poligamy family. We were 3 women married by the same man. One of us was divorced and now we are 2. We are living in a 2 bedroom house and I have 5 children. I have been thinking how I could have a spacious house which could accommodate my family but has not been easy to achieve this. Our husband is a driver and his salary cannot sustain the needs of the house currently. I used to have plenty of food from my farm but because of the drought which has persisted for two years, my farm dried up and I have nothing to harvest. All of us depends on the salary of our husband. Receiving this money means I will build another one bedroom house for my children. I will spend the first transfer to do this and the second transfer I will open a food business. I am living near a secondary school of which the students walk along distance to buy their lunch daily. If I start a food canteen just outside the gate in my land, I believe will make money because no one will be ready to go far searching for a commodity which is already available by the school gate." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"We do not have a stable source of income, this makes us experience perennial food shortages and other family basic needs like clothing. My husband works on casual jobs earning him about KES 200 per day, this money is not enough to support the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)