"My6 cloth business has been my main source of income for the past two years. It is the reason I have been meeting my basic needs without begging nor borrowing. Since all my needs depended on the profits from the business, the business started deteriorating since I was not investing more in the business. My worry was I was going to lose the only source of income I have always depended on. This is why I chose to continually boost the business by adding more stock to the business on a monthly basis through GD transfers. The fear of losing the business is no more because it has picked up well to an extend I no longer sell on the streets but I have rented a business premise."

"I plan to start a shop business in my village. I intend to do this business alongside the dairy cow that I own. I hope to make a daily income from sales."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. I have been struggling to accumulate enough capital and buy a milk dispenser that would improve my business. The little income that I got from my small business was just enough to feed my family and it waould have taken me a little longer time before I could accumulate enough money to buy the machine."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the upgrading of my house from an earth floor to that of a cement floor. I had always desired to do this but with the little amount of money that I got from my shopkeeping business I could not be able to raise enough and do this. I was also able to buy one additional dairy cow that will see us produce more milk for the wellbeing of the family."

"My life is currently different in that I now have my own cart business that has changed my life a great deal. I make more income from my cart business and I am raising a happier family than the one that I raised before I received GiveDirectly funds. I can now pay school fees easily from the income I make. I also bought a cow that has given us enough milk for local consumption while we also sell the surplus to meet other family needs."

"I used to sell charcoal to earn my daily revenue. This was never a guarantee hence on some days I was forced to go without food with my entire family. Since the first transfer was used entirely in house construction, I decided to invest the second one to enhance sustainability even after receiving all the transfers. I bought a motorcycle which my husband uses for the taxi business. This has helped us earn revenue daily. The remaining amount I paid school fees for my children."

"My husband has been our bread winner and he operates motorcycle taxi businesses to see us through. Since we was employed by a neighbor, he had to undergo a lot of pressure of waking up early, coming home late to meet his employer's standard. This was tiring and demoralizing for him with the little commission he could come home. When I received my second transfer, I used it to buy a motorcycle which is currently used by husband for taxi businesses. This is the biggest difference in my daily life since we currently enjoys full daily income from that helped us meet our family needs and save some for future investment."

"I live along the main road next to a primary school a place that is ideal for business. I had wished for long to build a shop but I couldn't due to scarce resources. When I received my second transfer, I used KES43000 to build a shop. Even though I don't have stock at the moment, I am glad I am towards realizing my dream. I took another KES 1000 to boost my poultry farming. The remaining amount I spent on my households daily needs."

"Had it not been the financial help, I wouldn't have managed to bring my house to completion. I have now finished the construction and moved into it. Apart from the house, I also bought thirteen goats that I now own. These are assets to me which which will help me in case of a financial problem. I did not have any livestock before the coming of GiveDirectly, thus having them is the greatest achievement to me. " (Occupation: Small business)

"I was previously employed by a neighbour to use his motorbike to provide taxi services in our town. The income I was getting was too little to cater for my household basic necessities. Currently my life is different because I bought my own motorcycle which I am getting a good income unlike before when I was employed. I also started a small business of supplying and selling charcoal which is also an additional source of income. I would not have achieved all these if at all GiveDirectly did not come to us."