"My major priority now is my son, he drank caustic since 2016, August 7, we have taken him to several renown hospitals in Liberia for operation. He can now eat through tube and the tube is built from the stomach. We were told that he need to be taken abroad for advance treatment. And also to build a decent house and do business to sustain me and my children. These are the plans I have on my mine when I received this cash transfer." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"This money means a lot to me and my family. We have been desiring to have a good house ever since we got married. My husband operates a bicycle taxi business which belongs to another person. He just makes sure to deliver MWK500 per day. On a good day, he makes that twice and the other part we use it at home for basic needs. I believe this money will enable us to have a better house with iron sheets as that's what makes one a respectable member of society. Living in a good house also reduces the burden of always changing grass and plastic sheets each year. The other part will go towards starting a business for my husband so that we can be having adequate food at home." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am very excited that I have received this money. This money will help me to build a proper house. I will also buy a matress so that I can sleep comfortably in the house that I will build. I will use the remaining money to buy clothes for my children so that they can also be happy that I have benefited from GiveDirectly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"GiveDirectly is doing a very great job of helping Kenyans like us who are low income earners. We are glad that you chose to give a helping hand to us. With these funds that we receive, we're able to build houses, buy livestock and also start businesses to keep us going." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

""Many things have brought joy or happiness to me but there is one I can never forget. Some part of last month, I got a call from one of our political aspirant from my district. Her name is Hon. Annie. The call was to tell me that she has given me a motorcycle to help me run the town affairs. Even though it wasn't a new motorcycle, I appreciated it a lot.""

"I struggle with good shelter especially during winds and rainy season. I am mostly scared for my family's life as sometimes the winds are too much that my house is on the verge of being blown off" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Currently, I am finding it difficult to get money to buy food because the man who was helping me was involved in a motorcycle accident and he is paralyzed."

"My life is different now In that, with the motorcycle taxi business my husband can earn an income out of it, we no longer worry about paying school and other expenses that are anticipated for like medical expenses, We also own our own dairy cow, We are very pleased and overwhelmed with happiness on seeing what GiveDirectly has enabled us to accomplish, My husband and I are so grateful for the support that brought meaning to our lives."

"My life is different than how it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have bought a heifer. I always buy milk from my neighbors and it's so costly for me because I do not have a continuous source of income. I depend on small scale farming. The produce that we get annually is for consumption. I am a motorcycle taxi rider. This business earns me an income of KES 300 per day. Due to recurrent needs of the family which include food and clothes, I find myself not able to save some money. I had always wished to own a dairy cow but because I didn't had savings it was not possible. When I do not have money my children would go without milk and this is so demoralizing. When I received the second transfer I decided to invest on dairy project. I bought a heifer and I have hope that when it reproduced in the next few months I will cut the daily cost of buying milk. My family will get enough milk for consumption and I will sell the surplus at the market. This will earn me an income to meet other household items. I am also planning to start a saving culture to enable me buy a another dairy cow. I am so grateful for the support because I know our lives will change for the better. Currently I have devoted much of my time on my poultry keeping project and dairy farming." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I spent part of the money I received from GiveDirectly on building a better house for my family. We used to live in a small house which could not host all the family comfortably. Whenever we had visitors it was so stressful because I had no extra space to host them. I had always wished to build a house but I didn't had money. I repaired my motorcycle to ease my business of buying scarp metals from the village. I bought two goats, beddings, clothes for my children and the rest of the money I spent on food for the family."