"My first priority is to open a cosmetic shop in Mathare. Women in Nairobi worry a lot about their looks and they invest in cosmetics to look better.Using cosmetics especially makeup is one way of building ones self esteem and confidence,that is why cosmetics are highly marketable and profitable and my income will increase from the sells.I will be able to make a living from this and provide for my family. Secondly I will expand my charcoal business by adding more stock. I will sell in a larger scale and my income will improve. Lastly as a single mother and a widow I struggle to provide my children with basic needs especially paying for their school fees in time. My first born son is about to join high school next year and I have been worried that I will not have enough money to pay for his school fees. i want him to finish all his educational levels and get a good job in future. I will use part of the transfer to pay for his school expenses come next year."

"My first priority is to use the money to start a new business of making and selling fresh fruit juice. Early last year I had the same business but I had to focus on other jobs because I lacked capital to expand it. I will buy a blender and boost my stock of fruits. I will also buy a freezer that will keep my juices fresh and not perishable. The income I get from this business will enable me to sustain my livelihood. My second priority is to buy some household items such as a carpet,TV and clothes. Lastly I will use the transfer to expand my mother's business. She sells snacks and cigarettes along the roadside. I will buy her more stock and her profits will increase."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a motorcycle with which I can do boda-boda business. With this, I beleive I will be able to provide for my family in a better way."

"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to invest in to my business. I deal in agro- business of planting and raising seedlings, however lack of money to expand it has been a challenge. Once I improve on this, my sells will increase. This will make me earn some good money that can help in improvement of my house hold standards."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to pay my children's school fees, buy a cow that can reproduce and take care of some future eventualities and start up a business that can keep my money growing. I believe this will support my household. Providing the education needs for my children will be made easier."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money to help me educate my children. Being a single mother, I have limited land for agriculture, I could not start business and my children ended up dropping out of school."

"If it were not for the cash transfers, I do not think it would have been possible for me to launch the business because after it collapsed some years ago, it has been extremely hard for me to revive it once again because I do not have a source of income which I can use to revive the business. Apart from that, I also mentioned before that I bought a cow at a whopping 24000 KES which is a lot of money which I could have never managed to raise to date. So for me, I just say thank you to Give Directly for helping me come this far."

"Receiving this money means building and sleeping in a permanent house that is comfortable and not expensive to renovate. I currently sleep in a grass thatched house that is very expensive to maintain and besides, it is not spacious enough." (Occupation: Small business)

"Receiving this money means that I will have comfortable accommodation for ne nd my family members. On top of that, I will start up a small scale business that will sustain my household. I have been surviving on borrowing and relying on my spouse all the time."

"My business has really grown since I started receiving GiveDirectly transfers because I was able to stock more clothes and made more sales before adding an extra business on shoes. I currently make much more profits that I would never have had I not received money from GiveDirectly to boost my business. This has enabled me to easily take care of my household needs and support my husband more financially."