"My house badly leaks and therefore this has really been affecting me alot since it becomes very difficult for me to sleep whenever it is raining and my belongings becomes wet with rain water"

"On my usual day I wake up at 7:30 in the morning,take breakfast then head to my parents farm to help plough. At around 11 I head to my own farm to check on the tree seedlings and water them. I return home at around 2pm, browse for job vacancies and apply at least 2 daily then rest at around 5. I am mostly happy in the afternoon after I have finished all work as I can rest and also because I get encouraged that submitting job applications will soon bear fruits for my employment."

"My work starts very early in the morning (6:00 am). I normally spend the morning and afternoon hours fetching water and this drains much of my energy since I have to walk to and from the water pan which is 7 kilometers from where we work. It is only in the evening when I am back home where I relax from my day's hard work. I, therefore, consider the evening as the happiest part of my day."

"I am glad that my compound look so different in that I have new shelter and livestock. With GiveDirectly's transfers, I managed to build a new house, buy a water tank and buy some livestock. I couldn't managed to do all this before as I would struggle with buying foodstuffs for my family. Since then, I haven't been going to the river as I got water tank which stores enough water for use at home."

"I am 78 years old meaning my prime years are gone. My productiveness is generally going down each passing day to an extent that I am unable to fetch water for myself and my cattle. I depend on my grandchildren to come and aid me on this. As a result, receiving this money will mean that I will be able to purchase a 10,000 litre water storage tank at a cost of 70,000 shillings. Installing the water collection system will cost me an additional 10,000 shillings. This will in the long run provide water for my domestic usage even during dry periods."

"I have a plan to construct a concrete water tank which I would use to store harvested rain water for use at home at for irrigation. This project requires a lot of money, an estimated cost of KES 500000 is needed to complete the project. After receiving my second transfers, I opted to invest in onions farming so that when I harvested the crops, I would sell and spent the cash on the water tank project. I spent KES 40000 on buying two sachets of certified seeds, KES 6000 on land preparation, KES 8000 on acquiring fertilizers and chemicals and Kes 2000 on labour."

"As a parent, I was struggling so much to raise school fees for my children and this would see me commit most of my earnings on paying their school fees. Since the cash wasn't enough, I was left with nothing to do other things which are necessary like shelter. But when I got the transfers, I built a house for my sons and acquired a water tank. And with these, my children were so happy as they knew that they would no longer have to spend most of their time fetching water."

"I had been buying milk for sometime but when I got my first transfers I had alot to accomplish and I bought a heifer with part of it. I ran out of patience as the heifer would take long before it reproduce and gives us milk. I opted to resell when I received my second transfers and added KES 24000 to make it KES 40000 which was enough to buy a lactating cow. I then bought one which is now giving us milk for use at home and the surplus which we sell for income. The remaining portion, I spent KES 8000 on buying two sheep for rearing and another KES 1500 on buying chicken. I also obtained water container, cushions and food items at a cost of KES 7300. The remaining amount of KES 5000, I gave to my spouse so that he would spend on supporting his poultry business."

"I started constructing a house with the first transfer but I was not able to complete it because I ran out of cash. When I received the second transfer I used a bigger portion of it to complete it. The previous house was in a bad condition, a better part of the wall had fallen off while the roof was leaking. Aportion of the money I spent on installing a water tank where I will be harvesting rain water. Since accessing water in our area is a challenge."

"I bought both an ox and ox-plough with part of the second transfer so as to add to the two oxen that I bought with the first transfer. I will not budget for ploughing labour anymore and I will also earn income from them since I will be ploughing for people at a few. Besides that, we normally struggle by walking for a longer distance in search of water so the oxen will help in carrying water. I also bought some of the food stuffs for the family and bedding too."