"The happiest part of my day is in the morning. Unlike the afternoon hours, I usually feel energized to tackle the day's activities. My jobs are very physical and therefore I require a lot of energy. I start by fetching water in the early morning hours before embarking on house chores and later farming activities."

"Receiving this money means I will live an exceptional life. I have been aspiring to live a comfortable life by improving my house. I am planning to acquire a water tank that costs approximately Ksh 10,000 since getting water for domestic use has been tiresome because we get it from a far place which is approximate 2 kilometers away. I will be able to tap rainwater and this will save me the hustle of fetching water. The remaining cash will use it to improve my house. Because I am getting old, I would like to cement my house and get away with the dust that comes from sweeping every day which has affected my eyes and throat. This will also improve my deteriorating health which has come with old age."

"Receiving this money will enable me to renovate my house whose current state is deplorable. The iron sheets are too old and leaks in water during rainy seasons hence an hazard to my health. I will also spend $150 of my transfer to plaster my house hence the living in a dust-full mud house will soon be a past tense. I also intend to buy 5 sheep which will be my store of wealth to be sold whenever need arises. Sheep multiplies faster and their market is readily available, which means that I will no longer have debts with anyone hence peace of mind."

"Through the GiveDirectly transfers, I have bought my own dairy cow hence reducing milk purchasing costs for the past seven years. I have also improved my house from a tiny old grass thatched house to a more spacious Iron roofed house.The transfers have also enabled me access clean water and this has helped save the time that would be used for fetching water on farming. All these would be possible were it not for GiveDirectly."

"With the generator I wouldn't have to worry when there is black out. I will continue doing business. Water shortage is solved at our now I have enough water to use at home and for livestock."

"My usual day entails waking up very early in the morning, fetch water from a distant stream, prepare breakfast and carryout the other household chores. I then take my hoe and head out to look for casual jobs on people's farms. My happiest part of the day is in the evening when I get paid for the work that I have done. This is because this will be an assurance that my kids will have something to take for supper."

"My life is now better because I am not having water leaking into my house and damaging my property now I also have plates and buckets that I can use and enjoy with my family"

"I recently graduated from university in 2017 where I got certified in accounting. I haven't been able to get any formal job contrary to my wish. I do casual jobs at a near by farm and get paid 400 shillings daily when I work. I also have two donkeys that help in carrying water to residents from far distances and I get paid. I am passionate about poultry farming business, I had saved some cash and decided to buy 3 turkeys which are in demand and very profitable. My market target has been Chinese foreigners who live within the village working on road construction. Receiving this money will mean a lot to me because I will invest it in my wife's education, she is in school taking a course in library studies, I will also use the transfer to invest more into my poultry business by buying about 30 broiler chickens, I will be selling both the eggs and the chicken and get income from that."

"Receiving this money will mean a lot to me because I am a stay at home mum. My husband works as a driver at a near by game reserve but his salary is not enough to sustain all our basic needs. It will be my joy to at least help out on some bills in the house. Red cross Kenya had an irrigation project in my village and created awareness for self employment to the villagers, but unfortunately not everyone had that chance. I believe it is a profitable idea and so if I get the transfers I will first use 10,000 shillings to buy irrigation pipes and tap water from my neighbours. With irrigation I will be able to get more yields from my harvest and increase our household income by selling agricultural produce from the farm. I will also build a small shelter for my chickens because at the moment I use my kitchen and each day it is a struggle cleaning the kitchen area."

"As a subsistence farmer, the biggest hardship I have faced in life is the recent Maize Lethal Necrosis disease that is destroying our crops. Although a certain NGO has provided us with water for irrigation, we are yet to get remedy for the disease. Of late, we are experiencing shortage of food items. Since farming is our main source of livelihood, the destruction of our crops by the disease has attracted adverse consequences."