"I was very happy upon receipt of my recent transfers. At first, I was not sure if the money was intentionally sent to me or someone somewhere had accidentally forwarded the money to my number. I read through the mpesa message then I realized that it was the money I have been expecting from GD. Without wasting any minute I dressed up quickly and dashed out running as fast as my legs could carry me to the nearby market center. I boarded a motorcycle to our major town where I purchased my farming equipment which I had longed to buy but finances were not enough. I went back home with a big smile on my face one could think I had just won a lottery."

"The happiest part of My day is in the evening when I see my husband back home from his motorcycle work. I feel good because He is home safely." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a motorcycle, I can easily go for my work and take my family members to hospital when they fall sick. With the same bike I can make money for feeding my family."

"I want to learn a bit of mechanics engineering within the next few months so that I can start my own motorcycle repairing garage and I know I will be able to make a lot of cash by starting such a business prospect." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm now my own boss because I no longer operate someone's motorcycle but my own. Since I do not share the profit with anyone, I do not work for extra hours in order to raise enough money to share with anyone as it used to be the case previously. This has enabled me to pay much attention to my family by spending more time with them and in addition to that, I have been able to get time to help my spouse in attending to the farm activities thus improved workforce which has led to improved farm productivity leading to enough food supply for the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my new spacious house." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest hardship i have faced is how to get enough resources that could enable me to have good house, enough food for the family and provision of Education. My husband is motorcycle rider who come home with little money that cannot sustain the family." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my life since I received this transfer is that I now have my own motorcycle. I used to do a motorcycle taxi business but with someone's motorcycle and at the end of the day, I had to pay him KES 300 which was the major part of what I make in a day. The remaining part which I used to take home, was very little even for our daily expenditure. This was the only consistent source of income so I had to keep up even though I knew I could not develop my life with this. When I received this transfer, I used it to buy my own motorcycle which I use for taxi business. Right now from the three weeks I have had it, I have been able to save KES 700 apart what we use daily. I feel my life is now progressing and this is because of Give Directly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I expect my life to change by being able to buy another cow because for me I think it is an investment into the future because I will be able to sell them in the near future when I am broke." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I want to buy a goat and probably add more effort with my motorbike so that I should be able to get a cow in the near future" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)