"Food insecurity and luck of clean drinking water is the biggest challenges we are facing in my house. Getting food means you have to do charcoal burning work which is very straneous and because everyone is relying on this job, the price of charcoal does remains stagnant. We are getting 500 KES per a suck of charcoal of 70 kilograms which is very little amount of money because working on a single suck of charcoal can take you more than 4 days. There is no water in our area. All water pans have dried up and we depend on motorcycle operators to bring water from Silaloni borehole which is 24 kilometres away from my house and we buy a 20 litres jerican at 100 KES which is too expensive to me. Something which can leave my family not taking shower for some days or even cook the food for the family."

"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy a motorcycle for bussiness for i have always wanted to do this business to provide for my family"

"I was happy when I learnt about this program in other villages and couldn't wait for it to get to my village. This is because i have always envied people ride motorcycles and longed for one for a long time. No matter how I tried I could never have enough money to buy one. The coming in of this program gives me the hope that I'll be able to buy one now."

"Yes. I do have new goal I n my life and this is because of the funds I received from Give Directly. I did buy a second hand motorcycle. With this motorcycle I can do many things that will be able to uplift my life. Firs I use it to fetch water for my home use and also for the livestock. I live in an area where we experience drought and finding water is very hard and I have to walk for several kilometers to be able to find water. Before I received this cash it was very hectic and tiresome and sometime I would go without water for some few days. I also do business with the motorcycle and from that I earn cash that I use to settle my family needs. I also bought a sewing machine that I use to sew clothes for other people and it’s also a means for me to get something that will help in catering for the needs of my children and family. Before I used to borrow from my friends or even hire but now that I have mine I will not incur additional costs in doing my business. Generally the cash fro give directly has been able to empower me to have multiple source of income and from this I am able to think out of the box and continue investing more and more so that I do not go back to the situation I was before receiving the cash. Since receiving the cash my life has changed and I thank Give Directly for their support may god bless you so much." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"When I received the cash transfer I want to build a garantee structure for me and my family and use some portion to establish a little business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The main problem I'm face with right now is finance. I want to build a new house, pay my children and i school fees and start a business to support my family but i don't have money." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"We want to build our house, because we are renting in somebody house; and we also want to do business, but we don't know the main business yet, when the money comes, then we will decide." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I have been working as a motorcycle rider since I got married. My children are now grown up and some of them are already in school. I only earn an average of KES.250 take home after paying the owner of the motorbike. This goes into purchasing food and other basic needs for my children. I am super excited today that my ambitions of doing poultry farming will be realized through GiveDirectly transfers. I plan to spend KES. 40,000 to build a chicken coop, use KES. 30, 000 to buy 200 one-day-old chicks, start-up vaccines, and feeds. I also plan to use the remaining amount to buy stock of food for my family."

"I spent most of my transfer on my husband's motorcycle, which took a total of KES18000 in repairs and service. This was very important because we do not have available tap water close to us. We always spent approximately KES750 weekly to pay for water transport services offered by other motorcycle taxis. This was very expensive in that at times we would run out of water within the week and we will be forced again to seek the services of the motorcycle taxis. Therefore repairing our motorcycle gave us a very huge relief, we nolonger have to worry about running out of water in the house within the week."

"The money will meant building a house as we are tired of sleeping in an improved temporary house. We are two in the family, myself and my wife. For us to find money, I work as a driver for a bicycle taxi. On weekly basis I make K2500 per week. The money is later used to busy household expenses such as clothes and food. With such income, I can't manage to build a house. Even if I can try, it will take me 10 years to complete it. The house that me and wife are currently living is in pathetic condition as we do not sleep properly during rain seas as it leaks alot. The roof is made of grass and we did not manage to buy a plactic cover up for the leakage. The money will be used to buy iron sheets and to pay for builders, but me and my wife we will be able to mould the bricks and I will be assisting the builder during the process." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)