"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the purchase of a large water tank enough to store up to 5000 liters of water at once. Fortunately, after the recent rains, my water tank is now full. As a result, I have access to clean drinking water which was a major issue for my family. Additionally, the two bags of maize I bought can sustain us for the next few months. Currently, my household expenses now are milk and sugar only."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the building of a modern and spacious Iron roofed house. As a result, I can now accommodate all my family because my kids now have a place to sleep. Additionally, from the Iron roof, I now have access to clean rainwater for drinking. Therefore, I no longer have to borrow clean drinking water like before."

"I spent part of my transfer completing the building of my house and those of my two sons. I built new houses and in a new location because of the challenges we have been experiencing over the years. Our houses were in a valley and during the rainy season, the water would submerge them in the still water that accumulated at the bottom. Once this happened, we would be homeless, lack food and even lose some of our property. It is for this reason that we moved to higher ground and avoid all the trouble. Besides building the houses, I spent much of the money amounting to KES 20000 to pay medical bills for my dearest husband. For close to 30 years, my husband could not work because of some chilling pains under his belly and at the back. Because of our poor financial state, he has never gotten serious medical attention and receiving this money provided a wonderful opportunity for him to get the medical attention he needed. Lastly, I spent the remaining amount in buying three 90Kg sacks of maize, 5Kgs of sugar, 3 loaves of bread, 6 Kgs of beans, Fruits and other foodstuff for my family (Husband and three children). I became the only bread winner after my husband fell ill and I have been burning woods and selling charcoal to earn a living. I earn KSH 200 per day which is not enough o feed my entire family and also take care of medical expenses for my husband. Receiving the money ensured that I bought food in bulk and ensure I had plenty to eat."

"I have been facing a lot of challenges among them paying school fees for my three children who are in college and three others who are still in primary school. I do not have a job and rely on doing casual jobs such as building houses, fetching water for other people for pay and also tilling other people’s land for pay. The jobs I get are not daily and I sometimes spend two to three days at home getting no job. Upon receiving my transfer, I spent a huge portion of it in clearing school fee debts for my three children who are in college. My daughter is taking a tailoring course, my son is in a driving school and the other is undertaking an electrical course. I could not pay their school fees because of the meagre amount of income that I was earning. Besides paying the school fees, I spent KES 10000 to pay off dowry for my eldest son. As a requirement in our culture, the bridegroom has to clear off the dowry before they grant him the full rights to name the children after his own relatives. Paying the dowry ensured my son fulfilled part of his obligation as required in our culture. Lastly, I spent the remaining amount of money in buying food my family (Wife, six children). My family has enough to eat and we are no longer worried about having to skip meals or sleeping on empty stomachs."

"My plan included building a home especially since during the rainy season it was stressful and a mess all because my iron sheets had holes all over them and when it rained outside it was as if it was raining inside as well. My house would fill with water and my kids and I would have to keep moving stuff like furniture around so that they did not drenched and neither would our beddings. Keeping in mind the kids probably had school the following day and yet they could not afford to get good sleep the previous night."

"Before receiving the transfers I was living in very poor condition if you ask me especially considering my house which had holes all over the roof and every single time it rained it was complete havoc. The rain would be in the house just as much as it rained outside and I would end up waking up in the middle of the night and start fetching the water to deposit it outside as though I was at the stream. That just goes to show how much water was inside my house. That is why I intended either to build a new house or renovate the one I lived to better living conditions for me and my family."

"I had planned on purchasing a water tank. This is because I used to walk for quite a long distance to collect clean water for domestic uses. This was consuming much time and it was tiresome. When I received the transfer I decided to purchase a water tank and currently I no longer stress about where to get clean water. I did not have a new goal that I did not have before receiving the transfer because all the activities I did I had planned."

"My first goal was to buy a freezer and a generator so that I can start a cold water business in my town, I was able to buy those materials and my goal was achieved; my new goal is to rebuild the house that I'm living in right now. Since my business is growing and generating profit, I believe that I can make my new goal come to pass very soon and all thanks go to GiveDirectly who has given me this opportunity."

"My first goal was to buy a water pump machine for my farm so that I can make the watering process much easier for me because I am already old and losing strength. My new goal is to improve the house that I am living in and make it more beautiful and comfortable for my family."

"In my opinion, Givedirectly did well by giving unconditional cash transfers to all households in my village. Every household benefited and it is evident in the projects that everyone did from the construction of iron-roofed houses, water tanks, dairy cows, and even most people soon are going to harvest crops they planted."