"My first transfer was of great help in making me a home owner. I had been sitting at home with no job and my house was unfinished. I had moved out of the place we used to live with our extended family and moved to my own piece of land. I had built a small structure that still needed work and when I recieved the money I could afford to hire people to help me fetch water as I dug for soil and worked on finishing the house. I paid the boys for the water on a daily basis and one bucket cost me 20 shillings. A total of 1800 shillings went into this. I am now happy to inform you that we live in our completed house thanks to the give directly transfers. I was also able to buy 3 chicken at 400 shillings totalling 1200 shillings which I aim to breed to get chicks that I will sell for profit. I hope this will help me buy goats and other animals for my small farming business. I was also able to give my grandchildren and children a befitting Christmas also as a result of the second transfer. I gave my daughter-in-law 2000 shillings which she used to buy food while I spent 450 for chicked which was to used in food preparation for the day. I was also able to give my grandchildren some little money to help them get themselves sweets for the day. They were so overjoyed about the same."

"Receiving this money means continued education for my children. This I plan to achieve through poultry farming. I will spend KES 25000 to buy indegious chicks and build a shelter. As the chicken multiply, I will sell them at a profit and use the proceeds for school fees and uniforms. I will further spend KES 70000 to renovate my house which is a semi permanent to a permanent house."

"I live with my young brother who depends on me for his daily upkeep. my father died ten years ago and eventually, there was a family conflict that led to my mother returning to her parent's home. This has resulted in struggling to live a better life. Receiving this money will therefore mean improved living standards. I plan to spend KES 40,000 to clear fees balances so that I get my secondary school certificates. I will also use a portion of the transfers to build a chicken coop so that I increase the number of birds. The remaining amount will help me to get a driving license. This will enable me to be a competent motorcycle rider for my transportation business."

"It's actually a blessing to my family, I will now be able to educate my children, who are both is secondary school in form 2 and form 3.as you can see the economy is so tough and getting the fees is quite challanging, so I want to plan and pay for their entire 3 terms, so I forget the headache of being chased on and off for lack of finances. So I can say this transfer will give me a peace of mind that I wouldn't have to worry about what I will wake up to the next day. My other dream is to buy livestock like 2 kienyeji cows, these can easily survive tough weather, and with time they multiply and I can even sell them for profit later on to buy goats and chicken, if you have such livestock it's already an investment for the future."

"Yes, the money has made a big difference in my life, I did not have food at that time and the transfer came in handy and helped out through the situation. I was also able to buy a chicken and I am positive that with time I will have many of them and I will be able to sell and earn money from that. I really appreciate that the transfer really helped me a lot."

"Receiving money from GiveDirectly came as a great surprise to me. It makes me believe that good person still exist in this world. I am a mother of three boys, a farmer and my husband is a motocyclist. I received both the first transfer of KES. 1200 after acquiring a new phone at KES. 1800. It helped me in paying KES. 500 school fees for my one son and buying food with the rest. With the second transfer, I spent KES. 500 in farming, KES. 400 in buying been seeds, KES. 1000 on buying animal salt. KES. 500 spent on buying a chicken. KES. 600 on floor of 3 packets at KES. 120. And the remaining amount on sugar and other basic needs. I am now able to eat well and pay school fees without any issues. Thank you so much for the support. You have awaken my dreams."

"Being a parent and always wanting the best for my kid, and on receiving the 3rd transfer of KES 3000, I spent KES 2000 paying for his Secondary School fees ensuring he doesn't get sent home. The remaining KES 1000, I split it into purchasing 2 chicken at KES 400 to enhance my poultry farming. The rest KES 600, I spent on adding to the food supplements in the house."

"I am a tailor by profession and have a small shop where I design and sew people's clothing, especially females. I have come to realize that children's clothing is more marketable hence I am already venturing into it. When I received my third I spent KES 1000 on school uniform materials for sewing boy's clothes. I was targeting those who were going back to schools since the schools were almost reopening at that time. Am glad I was able to sell all the uniforms I made. It was unfortunate that my child fell sick during that period. I then spent KES 500 on his medication. KES 1000 I spent on both 2 chickens for rearing and foodstuff for the family."

"I live in an area where there have been challenges of in adequate rainfall. Therefore the dry land does not give good yields in the farm. My ambition is to do a poultry farming in order to boost my income at home. My husband is a teacher and the salary he earns caters for school fees for our children. Recently we started building a new house but we have not been able to complete because of the financial constraints. Receiving this money means a better life for me and my family. I plan to use KES20000 to buy 200 one day old chicks. KES50000 will cater for the construction of a chicken coop. The remaining amount will cater for the vaccines and feeds for a start."

"We used to live in a 0.1-acre piece of land that was only enough to accommodate the main house and kitchen structures. In August last year, my husband withdrew his savings and we managed to add another 0.1 acres of adjacent land that gave us additional space to construct a poultry unit and keep 2 dairy cattle. This has brought joy into my life since I have additional tasks of rearing chicken and dairy cattle and in return having some income from the sale of their products."