"Receiving this money means buying food for my family. I would buy a bag of maize which would sustain my family for a month. It was also help me to build a house since it was destroyed with the rains. I can also buy livestock such as chickens which I can be selling in the future to be able to provide all the basic needs that I would need."

"The first thing that crossed my mind when budgeting with the money was my household bedding. I had a tattered mattress while my children slept on a mat on the ground. I am proud all my household members have decent bedding after spending 12000 KES on both a bed and two mattresses. I have a poultry project unfortunately, all the chickens died sometimes back due to a poultry disease outbreak. Before that ordeal, I had already dug a pit intending to construct a pit latrine because we did not have one but the project came to halt after the ordeal. We have since then been using the nearby bush as our latrine which is not only unhygienic but it is risky because of the snakes that harbor in the bush. I, therefore, spent 34000 KES on building materials and construction labor. 8000 KES I spent on foodstuffs that is enough to push my family for a while."

"I received the earliest transfer during the Christmas season. Therefore, I mostly spent on the celebrations by acquiring new clothes worth 1,500 KES for my children and bought celebratory food stuffs such as wheat flour and cooking oil for 1,500 KES. I used cash from the other transfers to purchase three bags of cement for 1,950 KES to construct foundation pillars around the walls of my house to protect it from crumbling during rains. Additionally, I paid medical expenses worth 2,000 KES for my grandchild who had been admitted for three days due to malaria. I also procured food using 1,450 KES and paid a motorcyclist 200 KES to deliver water from the pond to my home since. I used the rest of the money, 400 KES, to acquire a chicken to rear and increase income streams."

"Before receiving the second transfer, I had already planned on how o utilize it. Upon withdrawing, I added stock of worthy KES 20000.00 to my shop which I started with the first transfer. The addition of the stock was to make the shop stable and also serve my customers with all the most used items. I also bought four goats for KES 12000.00 and five chickens for KES 1500.00. Having such livestock at home is an asset that can be converted to money at any time a need arise. Thereafter, I bought a solar panel for light provision since we were used to using paraffin which has become very expensive."

"I consider milk as a staple food and life without it is very hard since I have to buy 2-liters at KES 40 per liter for my 2children. I depend on my poultry farming to get money to buy milk. I have 10 chicken that lay eggs which I sell for KES 10 each. When the chicken fails to lay eggs means that I will not get money to buy food. Food insecurity is therefore the biggest challenge that I face at the moment."

"I live in my grandparent's old house temporarily because I do not own a piece of land. Having been raised by them, I have no land to inherit. Receiving this money implies my wife and two children will have a place to call home. I am joyous because eventually Give direct transfers will enable me to purchase a quarter acre of land with which I can build a house and start up poultry farming. This will ensure a constant stream of income from the sale of eggs and chicken hence sustainability."

"We were happy in December when my husband brought home chicken and other items for christmass. He was paid for the job he was working on that month."

"When the drought persisted, it wrecked me because I highly rely on subsistence farming for sustenance. Not only does the household often run out of food, but we also shelter under a poor structure with perforated mad walls and a tattered roof that becomes leaky when it rains. Since I believe the season of rain is fast approaching, my priority is to revamp the entire house. Hence I have used most of my recent transfers to fund the renovation exercise. Because I had previously acquired tree poles, I hired a sawyer to cut them into planks for roofing and paid him KES 2,400. I also used KES 4,800 to buy additional tree poles, iron sheets, and nails. I channeled the remaining amount towards purchasing feeds because I raise chicken for a living."

"My family is currently invaded by chickenpox. All my family members got the disease. I spent 500 KES for each family member to undergo a complete medication."

"My long term plan is investing in livestock farming using this money. I will invest in mainly goats and chicken so that it can ease my burden of paying school fees. For the first transfer , I will use 1200 KES to but food but beginning my second transfer, I will start buying the livestock. One young goat costs around 2500 KES. Buying a goat and a few chicken every month will help me achieve my goal."