"Receiving this money will enable me to boost my vegetable vending business which i was nearly giving up on due to financial instability after spending all the business money in paying school fees arrears for my four children after being sent home from school earlier this month. I also plan to buy sheep and goats which will act as a long term savings plan since i will be selling some whenever they multiply to take care of school fees and other needs"

"I am a small business man mostly dealing with buying and selling sheep.My business has gone down since I sold most of the sheep I had to buy this piece of land.I am now planning to start rearing sheep in a large number when I receive this transfers.I will spend 35,000 Kenya shillings to buy 10 sheep.Sheep multiply very fast hence making it a good venture.I also have a plan of fencing my compound so that I can rear chicken.I want to start with around 10 chicken.The remaining part of the transfer will help me pay school fees for my children."

"I experienced changes in my life because, for one I was able to pay full school fees for my son for that term, something that I would have never been able to accomplish was it not for the cash transfers from the organization. Secondly, I now have a cow which I have been milking for the last two or so months so I no longer buy milk from vendors as I used to do in the past."

"Timely payment of school fees for my children will effected such that my children will study well and have a brighter future. I have been struggling to pat my children's school fees through farming which is not reliable due to drought and floods which affect the harvest."

"Receiving this money means ability to pay school fees for my children who are in boarding school. Proper education for my children will give a brighter future for my children whether when I am still a live or dead. I have been struggling to pay school fees with the little proceeds I get from my small business but it had strained my business."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying an ox and one goat. I chose to buy them because they are the only assets that would help me get enough money that would help me achieve my next goal. Apart from that I also bought some building materials such as building poles which would help me in renovating my house that was in poor condition. I then bought school uniforms and paid school fees for my children for a whole year. Their previous school uniforms were torn and old. They would also be used to be sent home frequently due to lack of school fees and this used to bother us as their parents. I am glad because all is settled now. They won't get distracted any time soon"

"My life has become better because I paid my children's school fees and used some money to facilitate agricultural activities. We have hope of getting harvests that we shall sell to get money for constructing an iron roofed house. Before, I depended on loans and it was not easy to pay back since there was no clear source of money."

"Looking at the great work that GiveDirectly has done to us, I can't imagine how life would have been if we would not have received the transfer. The new house which I have constructed, the medication which I sought using giveDirectly money and the school fees which I cleared for my son would not have happened. It is indeed clear that my son would have dropped from school and my health condition would have deteriorated the most since I would not have gotten the required medical attention. Thank you GiveDirectly for considering to work in our village."

"My second transfer was spent to buy to hire cultivation land, pay school fees, pay labour for ploughing & weeding gardens, and hospital bills. "

"GiveDirectly has done well giving us money directly that has enabled people to build permanent houses, acquire livestock, cultivation land, pay children school fees. There's nothing it hasn't done well in my opinion. "