"The moment I received the money I felt so happy. I remember it was around 8 am when my neighbor came to informed me that she had received the money from GiveDirectly. I went back home and to check my phone as well. I could not believe my eyes, there was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I knew all my wishes will be fulfilled. I immediately inform my spouse and he was so happy too. I went and withdrew the money and we plan on repaying the loan that I had borrowed from the bank." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I was at my workplace with my colleagues. I heard a notification on my phone. I checked it out, and I indeed confirmed that I had received the transfer. I shared the good news with my friends and immediately sent the transfer via pay bill to pay for the motorcycle. I was overjoyed and filled with emotions at that moment."

"My life is currently changing. I am enrolled and learning this course. At the end of it all, I will acquire skills that will help me secure a job or be self-employed. I will finally be able to take care of my family. Currently, I cannot do that, but I am very hopeful I will manage that one day." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"When I was involved in a motorcycle accident, I was at a loss because I had a family that I had to look after and also thought a lot about my recovery. 3 months after, I see a tremendous change in my recovery. Having a supportive wife during this time and seeing a lot of progress on my health has brought me happiness in the last 6 months."

"Receiving this money means a break through to financial in my life. I have a family of 6 children and all are in school. I work for a security company in Bomet town and earn an average of KES.7000 per month. After paying the expenses like food and rental services fee, I only remain with KES. 3000 to take home. This amount is not enough to pay for school fees and meet other basic needs at home. Today i am so thrilled beyond words with this transfers from Givedirectly. I therefore intend to be residing from home this means I will buy a second hand motorcycle to ease my transport cost at KES. 60,000.The remaining amount will go for school fees balance which is KES.40,000."

"My first born son works at Mombasa. Last week he sent me KES 5000 for my personal use. This money helped me get clean water from Palakumi center using motorcycle. The money sent to me brought happiness."

"Receiving this money means a better education for my children. I have one child in secondary level and the other 2 in primary level. Due to lack of enough resources our parents could not educate us and we dropped out of school very early. My desire has been to see my children succeed in education and secure employment and improved better living standard than ours. I plan on using KES 30,000 to pay for their school fees. This will help me save some money from the motorcycle taxi business I am doing to use in development projects that I have. The rest of the amount I will use to build a spacious house so that my children will have a ample space to study." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Upon receiving this cash transfer, my plan is to see myself going back to school. Since I dropped from school, I have been hustling to get back to school by riding motorbike. I don't have anyone to help me to support me in school. And secondly, the house that I'm presently living in, is not in a good condition. So, I will used portion of the money to see myself going back to and use the balance money to build a decent house for my wife and children." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Receiving this money means better accommodation for my family of two children. I had purchased building stones, doors, and windows but I did not have the needed capital to build my house. I will use my first transfer to construct a two-bedroom spacious house this will bring me honor. My husband owns a motorcycle which is where we get our daily bread. We will buy new spare parts for the bike so that it can be in stable condition to work daily. With the remaining amount, I will buy a crossbreed cow that provides milk on daily basis. Currently, I have been being buying milk from my neighbors and I will be happy to have my cow too." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Receiving this money will help me solve most of my problems. I'm going to renovate my house's roof, buy enough food for my family and will use some of the money to buy proper beddings." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)