"My wife has been having a difficult time going to the river to fetch water for domestic use since apart from being old and unable to do strenuous activities, the river where we fetch water is a bit far from where we live. Because of this, we were at times forced to hire a motorcycle to help us ferry water from the river. Upon receiving my transfer, I decided to spend KES 20000 to buy a water tank with a storage capacity of 3000 liters so that I can be using it to harvest rainwater for domestic purposes. Also, I spent KES 10000 to pay school fees for my son who is in form three since I did not want him being sent back home, KES 18000 to buy a heifer as an investment that I can later use in paying school fees for my son when he finally joins college. Using the remaining KES 6000, I bought some foodstuffs for my family as a way of celebrating GiveDirectly's impact on our lives."

"I'm a single man right now, if I'm fortunate to get some of this money, I will renovate my father and continue school" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my life is that , I can now take care of myself, my family and do my personal business and think about building a new house . Four months from now my life will be improve up to date." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

""I was in the bush parking my planks when i received a massage notification on my phone. I read it to my surprise, it was from Givedirectly. I was very happy to received such amount. I ran home in a hurry to inform my wife.in no time we immediately got on bike and went to Buchanan to withdrawn it. before it was not easy for my family we couldn't even afford food at times .i have dreamed of getting my own motorcycle and am hoping that my second transfer will be used to purchase one motorcycle. I was able to pre paid for a bike with the sum of $10000 LD. Am so happy that we have business that we can earn something that can enable us to feed on a day and also save some in a susu card."

"Prior to receiving the money, my boyfriend was running traffic for another person and reporting daily, life wasn't that easy for us, because he was more focus on the report, so catering to our family needs was difficult, all thanks to God for Give Directly, that we will now own our own bike and feel relax." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Since receiving this transfer, my family's lives have transformed positively. I ferry passengers on a motorbike to earn a living. On a good day, I earn just KES 150. This amount is not enough to cater for food, clothing and education for my three children. We had to have just two meals a day, even though my children wanted to eat more. You can imagine how painful this was for me as a father. I am grateful that all this has changed. We have bought enough food for us and can afford to have three meals a day. It's amazing how much GD has done for us." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am currently residing in a decent spacious shelter for the family. This has restored the peace of mind that I had lost due to the conditions of my house. Currently, my girls do not need to walk at night because seek shelter. I am staying with them under the same roof and no longer worried about their safety at night." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I bought four goats at a total cost of KES14000 because they are an investment that I can depend on in the future since it is only goats that can survive in this dry climate of our area. Also, goats will multiply and increase in numbers which means that I will be able to sell one or two when I am faced with a financial challenge. Then, I bought two sacks of maize at a total cost of KES3500 because maize is our staple food, buying a packet of maize flour every day is both expensive and time-wasting. I also repaired our motorcycle at a cost of KES5000 which will be helping us fetch water which is very far and at times we have to travel to various places looking for water, therefore , repairing our motorcycle is a huge relief to us."

"When I received the transfers I immediately decided to first settle my debts with the store keeper who had been lending us some help through provision of some materials in his store like maize flour when we were hungry back home and this includes me, my mother and brother. So I paid him KES 1000 for the items I had borrowed when I had no money. I also bought maize flour worth KES 1100 which was a dozen packets. Our village also has scarcity of drinking water so I sent a motorcycle rider to get me six gallons of water and plus his payment it went for KES 230. As for the rest of the money I used it in buying vegetables that we needed day to day like cabbages, kales and even tomatoes which was almost close to KES 670 because it was day to day." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"" I was very impressed when I received the text message. I have not had the opportunity to handle such a huge amount in my entire life. After I got the message about the transfer, I was not only happy about the one I have received but also about the ones that are yet to come. I started to plan about what to do next. There came a plan to start my own business which will sustain me"." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)