"Initially I had a booming livestock-buying and selling businesss where I would buy more than 10 cows and sell them all in the next market day. I had hired two people who were always driving them to the livestock auctioning market as I ride behind them on a motorcycle. The business was so great with an amazing profit margin but it never last any longer. Struggles to keep it going were all in vain which brought alot of worry to my family members who were always looking up to me for food, school fees, clothing, just to mention but a few. Providing for the family currently has really been hard which is my biggest worry."

"I used to burn charcoal for a living but I stopped after it was banned by the government. I was then employed as a motorcyclist which used to earn me around 500 shillings in a day. I left this job after undergoing a medical operation and I could not work anymore. My desire has always been venturing into motorcycle business, but I could not achieve it due to lack of enough funds. Therefore, with Give Directly transfer I will purchase a motorcycle that will earn me a stable income because currently I depend on subsistence farming. I will also revive my poultry farming business which I was running earlier. This will improve my livelihood and I will be able to provide for my family. I will also be able to educate my brother who completed class eight this year."

"My initial plan was to purchase my own motorcycle for the transport business, but this was not possible because the money was to be sent in instalments, that is why I settled for the shoe business. I will try as much as possible to save some money from the shoe business which I will combine to the next two transfers and purchase my own motorcycle. Having my own motorcycle will make the transport business more bearable as I will be working on my own terms and there will be no sharing of profits."

"My life is different in that my lifestyle has improved. I sleep well and I am able to meet my family needs through riding the motorcycle that I bought. "

"For a long period of time, my husband has been struggling with getting jobs to sustain our family needs. As a motorcycle rider, his income is not enough to sustain buying food, catering for medical expenses and even providing decent bedding for our family.Now that we will be getting this transfer, my husband will be able to buy his own motorcycle which he will be riding closer to home thus enhancing our source of income and even making him to be closer to his family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"In my opinion, givedirectly has done well uplifting people's livelihood in the area by giving them money to acquire livestock, household items, taxi motorcycles, build houses; and there's nothing I see that it didn't do well. "

"My life is different now in that the motorcycle that I bought earns me daily income where as in the past my life was really wanting. I did not have any income generating venture. Had I not received the cash transfer, I would be living a miserable life."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of money to pay my child's school fess." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"In my view, Give Directly has enabled me buy my own livestock, clothes, shoes which I did not have before. In general Give Directly has helped very many people come out of poverty. Most people have constructed iron sheet houses, bought motorcycles, pay school fees for their children and acquire pieces of land."

"I spent my second transfer to buy a taxi motorcycle as a source of income and to ease movement, and I bought food as well. "