"My live is better because the transfer has enabled me acquire land, a mattress, bed, bedsheets, clothes and a motorcycle. The motorcycle we bought generates income that we use for food buying livestock for us to rear. If I had not received this money, my life would have remained miserable."

"Personally, my life has really taken a new direction. Before I lived in a semi-permanent house since I lacked enough resources to construct a permanent house but that has changed. I now live in a permanent house, I have paid my wife's dowry and together with my brother we own a motorcycle that generates income on a daily basis. To me, it has been a life-changing moment."

"My husband does motorcycle taxi for a living and his work brings a good source of income. Whereas I work in our farm, it is too much work yet insignificant yield out of it. The happiest part of my day is when he comes home in the evening. This is because he brings with him enough food for the family. This is relief after a hard day's work. " (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I would not have managed to buy a motorbike and would still be hiring a bike to earn a living. This would mean paying my rent would still be a struggle and sustaining my household needs would have been next to impossible. But since I have my own, with the profits earned I am able to meet all my needs comfortably with no strains." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I spent the cash on buying a motorbike which I needed so much because it will be of help in my motorcycle business which I have been running for more than ten years. I was initially employed by someone whom I used to pay some returns at the end of each day but I no longer need to do that anymore because I am currently self-employed." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is being able to buy a motorcycle that is helping me to meet most of my family needs like feeding. I am also able to render paid boda boda services to my community. Prior to getting my own motorcycle, I was being employed by someone else on the very motorcycle business. It was always difficult to raise money to cater for some family needs since the owner took a lions share off the money I made."

"Evening is the happiest part of my day because it is at this moment when I spend quality time with my family. I spend most part of my day at the Salon, and the only time I bond with them is in the evening. My husband too is a motorcycle rider, and he always yearns to spend time with us and that makes it the happiest part of our day." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Receiving this money means creating multiple sources of income for me and my family. We plan to set up shop in Bamba center and make it more unique by doing house deliveries to our clients in order to attract more customers. To achieve this, my husband will buy a motorcycle on hire purchase to help with the deliveries and also for transporting people. With the money earned from these two businesses, we will be able to cater for food, water, pay for my college fees, clear the motorcycle balance and also save a bit. " (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My life has been totally different ever since I expanded my kiosk. The shop was our major source of income since my spouse is jobless. It is the only business we were depending on. It reached a time when we consumed the profits because our needs were more than our source of income. We could not restock the shop. We were forced to take a loan so that we can boost the business. Finally, we had to close down the kiosk because we could not pay the loan and still cater to our needs. I am so thankful to Give Directly for financial support. I believe they were God sent. We had reached a rock bottom and I never that the organization was sincere in the first place. There is now hope for the business being successful. It is now doing well since there is enough stock and money to support it until it becomes stable. I am glad because I am able to pay school fees for my child and comfortably cater for other basic needs." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Having being employed as a motorcycle rider, my spouse earns close to ksh 200 per day which is barely enough to adequately provide for our family. All this money ends up in buying our daily food and the little amount he saves goes to paying school fees for our four children in primary school. We have some goals in life such as building an iron roofed house, starting up a business among other which we got no hopes of ever achieving now that we lack finances to support us in doing so"