"Receiving this money means a better and comfortable house for my two grow up sons. I do Motorcycle taxi and subsistence farming as my main source of income. Averagely, I earn around KES 500 per day and it is only enough to feed my family of 6 and pay school fees for my children in primary level. I will spend around KES 30,000 to purchasing building materials and cost of labour. Having your children sleeping in a comfortable and secure house especially teenage children gives me a peaceful mind as a parent. The rest of the money I will use in refurnishing my current house and invest in other generating income like dairy farming." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Catering to my family basis need is one of my biggest challenge right now, sending my kids to school and getting a better shelter for my children are all necessities in life." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Am still in shock of Givedirectly coming over to my home to ask me questions regarding my household, we are a family of seven and life is not easy now that we are facing drought in our area. Getting this transfer from give directly will be my biggest joy, I have never received such a big amount, the biggest amount ever received was 10000 and it was contribution for my mother in law burial, so am still in denial because I have a lot of plans that I intend to do for myself for next year like sponsoring myself for a course so I can fully support my spouse who works tirelessly to ensure he provides basic needs for the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I was very excited the moment I received money from GD. It was a turning point in my life. I am so grateful for the transfer received." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I spent most of my second transfer on building another kitchen. I had an old kitchen which was grass-thatched and mud-walled. My wife was no longer able to smear it because of her old age. Although I had always wanted to construct another kitchen, I was not in a position to due to lack of money. I used to work at a tea company before and when I retired, I used my savings on buying a motorcycle. I hence usually do the motorcycle business of transporting people from one place to another. The money that I make from the business, most of it usually goes to the purchase of foodstuffs such as cabbages which I supply to my son's school as payment of school fees. I am therefore so much grateful to GiveDirectly because I was able to achieve my dream of building another kitchen. I built a kitchen that is made of wooden planks, iron-roofed, and cemented on the floor. My wife thus no longer gets tired of smearing mud on the walls and the floor of the kitchen."

"I have a plan to buy more goats for rearing. I plan to get the money for buying the goats from my motorcycle business. I usually make about KES 400 per day from the business out of which I save some of it by making merry-go-round contributions to a self-help group that I am in. I am waiting for my turn to receive the contributions and I plan to use part of the money on buying more goats. I have been rearing a few of them and I have seen their benefit. They multiply quickly in number. I plan to sell some of them in the future and use the money on other things such as buying more land."

"I want to get a new motorcycle for business purpose so I can be able to get food money for me and my family everyday and I want to get zinc over my house so once I get this money I will do these things."

"To build my house and when the house complete, I buy a motorcycle for commercial purpose"

"I bought a piece of land half an acre on credit worth 60,000 KES and I paid a deposit of 40,000 KES. I have a remaining balance of 20,000 KES. The debt has stayed for 2 years now because of the current economic situations prevailing in our area which made me have hard time to save money from my motorcycle business. Receiving this money means I will be able to pay the debt of the land and also add another piece of land so that I can be able to do farming in my own land. I believe I will be happy if I will be staying in my own land."

"I have a grandchild who is in secondary school. His parents struggle to pay the school fees. His father works in the motorcycle taxi business. The money he gets only supports the family in buying food. This leaves him with very little to support his son's education. I paid part of the school fees for my grandchild using the money I received."